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Rip Current Statement 67, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 14, 2021, 2:17 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jul 14, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2021, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 14, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
747 WHUS42 KTAE 140717 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 317 AM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-141530- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0067.210714T1200Z-210715T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 317 AM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021 /217 AM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
042 WHUS42 KTAE 140739 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 339 AM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-150600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0067.210714T1200Z-210715T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 339 AM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021 /239 AM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
477 WHUS42 KTAE 141523 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1123 AM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021 FLZ114-141630- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0067.000000T0000Z-210715T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1123 AM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021 /1023 AM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... All Gulf county beaches are flying yellow flags as of this morning as light, east to southeast winds will keep the flow predominantly offshore. $$ FLZ108-112-115-142330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0067.000000T0000Z-210715T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 1123 AM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021 /1023 AM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 46 min | |
| Jul 14, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.