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Rip Current Statement 66, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 12, 2021, 10:18 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2021, 10:18 AM CDT (15:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
317 WHUS42 KTAE 121518 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1118 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021 FLZ108-112-130700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0066.210712T1518Z-210713T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1018 AM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$ DVD
2 follow-up statements
388 WHUS42 KTAE 130639 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 239 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021 FLZ114-115-140400- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-210714T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 239 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021 /139 AM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-140400- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-210714T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 139 AM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through 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. && $$
798 WHUS42 KTAE 131543 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1143 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-132345- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-210714T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1143 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021 /1043 AM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin county beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jul 12, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 34 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.