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Rip Current Statement 70, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 23, 2021, 2:11 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 23, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2021, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 23, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 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
- 2115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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 The High risk for rip currents for South Walton County is no longer in effect.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, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 23, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 23, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 76 min |
| Jul 23, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 23, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 79 min |
| Jul 23, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 23, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Walton | 81 min |
Nearby
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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.