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Rip Current Statement 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2021, 10:16 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 65 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2021, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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 107 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
- 2855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
848 WHUS42 KTAE 311516 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1116 AM EDT Sat Jul 31 2021 FLZ114-010800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0071.210731T1516Z-210801T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1116 AM EDT Sat Jul 31 2021 /1016 AM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
816 WHUS42 KTAE 010724 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 324 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021 FLZ114-020700- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0071.000000T0000Z-210802T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf- 324 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021 /224 AM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
365 WHUS42 KTAE 020734 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 334 AM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021 FLZ114-030700- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0071.000000T0000Z-210803T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf- 334 AM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021 /234 AM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
564 WHUS42 KTAE 030823 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 423 AM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021 FLZ114-040700- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0071.000000T0000Z-210803T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0072.210803T1200Z-210804T0700Z/ Coastal Gulf- 423 AM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021 /323 AM CDT Tue Aug 3 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-115-040700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0072.210803T1200Z-210804T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 423 AM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021 /323 AM CDT Tue Aug 3 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, 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 31, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 42 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.