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Rip Current Statement 58, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 25, 2021Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 25, 2021, 10:59 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 34 hr.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2021, 10:59 AM CDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

668 
WHUS42 KTAE 251559
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1159 AM EDT Fri Jun 25 2021

FLZ108-112-260200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0058.210625T1559Z-210626T0200Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
1059 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

FLZ115-260200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0058.210625T1559Z-210627T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1159 AM EDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
877 
WHUS42 KTAE 260829
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
429 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

FLZ115-270200-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-210627T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
429 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$
182 
WHUS42 KTAE 261542
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1142 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

FLZ112-262345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0059.210626T1542Z-210627T0200Z/
Coastal Bay-
1042 AM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Local beach officials are flying single 
  red flags as of this morning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

FLZ115-262345-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-210627T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1142 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette39 min
Jun 25, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor44 min
Jun 25, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Jun 25, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor40 min
Jun 25, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie45 min
Jun 25, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Jun 25, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla48 min
Jun 25, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE87 min
Jun 25, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay57 min
Jun 25, 5:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay60 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.