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Rip Current Statement 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 22, 2021, 2:51 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2021, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted.
307 WHUS42 KTAE 220751 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 351 AM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021 FLZ108-112-114-230000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0069.210722T0751Z-210723T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 351 AM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021 /251 AM CDT Thu Jul 22 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
095 WHUS42 KTAE 221544 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1144 AM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021 FLZ108-112-114-230700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0069.000000T0000Z-210723T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1144 AM EDT Thu Jul 22 2021 /1044 AM CDT Thu Jul 22 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
794 WHUS42 KTAE 230711 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 311 AM EDT Fri Jul 23 2021 FLZ112-114-240200- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0069.000000T0000Z-210723T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0070.210723T0800Z-210724T0200Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 311 AM EDT Fri Jul 23 2021 /211 AM CDT Fri Jul 23 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf 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. && $$ FLZ108-230815- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0069.000000T0000Z-210723T0700Z/ South Walton- 211 AM CDT Fri Jul 23 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The High risk for rip currents for South Walton County is no longer in effect. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 12:18 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Wakulla | 30 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 19 min |
| Jul 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 30 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.