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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 15, 2021, 2:35 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2021, 2:35 AM CST (08:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2021, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 42 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 08:39 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, 8.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
494 WHUS42 KTAE 150835 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 335 AM EST Fri Jan 15 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-160945- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.210115T0835Z-210117T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 335 AM EST Fri Jan 15 2021 /235 AM CST Fri Jan 15 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
720 WHUS42 KTAE 152323 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 623 PM EST Fri Jan 15 2021 FLZ112-114-170300- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.210115T2323Z-210117T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210117T0300Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 623 PM EST Fri Jan 15 2021 /523 PM CST Fri Jan 15 2021/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-115-170300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210117T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Franklin- 623 PM EST Fri Jan 15 2021 /523 PM CST Fri Jan 15 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and 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. && $$ DVD
177 WHUS42 KTAE 160811 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 311 AM EST Sat Jan 16 2021 FLZ112-114-170300- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210117T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210117T0300Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 311 AM EST Sat Jan 16 2021 /211 AM CST Sat Jan 16 2021/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-115-170300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210117T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Franklin- 311 AM EST Sat Jan 16 2021 /211 AM CST Sat Jan 16 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 5:23 PM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 25 hr |
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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.