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Rip Current Statement 58, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
The area
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Jun 25, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Jun 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Jun 25, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 60 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.