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Rip Current Statement 78, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 25, 2021, 1:17 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Aug 25, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2021, 1:17 AM CDT (06:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 06:20 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, 6.3 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
- 1246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.6
The text
As transmitted.
006 WHUS42 KTAE 250617 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 217 AM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-260200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0078.210825T1400Z-210826T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 217 AM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021 /117 AM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ this morning 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie | 119 min |
| Aug 25, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 33 min | |
| Aug 25, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 25 min | |
| Aug 25, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 46 min | |
| Aug 25, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| Aug 25, 9:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Aug 25, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 45 min | |
| Aug 25, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 38 min | |
| Aug 25, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 46 min | |
| Aug 25, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 37 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.