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Rip Current Statement 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 6, 2021, 2:47 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Aug 6, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2021, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 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 07:49 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, 7.8 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
650 WHUS42 KTAE 060747 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 347 AM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-061600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0074.210806T1000Z-210807T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 347 AM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021 /247 AM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
238 WHUS42 KTAE 061502 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1102 AM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021 FLZ108-112-114-061615- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0074.000000T0000Z-210807T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1102 AM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021 /1002 AM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Surf heights have been observed below forecast, and there is now a lower risk of rip currents. $$ FLZ115-070600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0074.000000T0000Z-210807T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1102 AM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 10:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 6 days |
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.