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Rip Current Statement 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 26, 2021, 3:39 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 26, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2021, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 26, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
659 WHUS42 KTAE 260739 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 339 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021 FLZ115-270200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0079.210826T1200Z-210827T0200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 339 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
439 WHUS42 KTAE 261603 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1203 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021 FLZ108-114-270015- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0079.000000T0000Z-210827T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Gulf- 1203 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021 /1103 AM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and south facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-270015- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0079.000000T0000Z-210827T0200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1203 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT 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 26, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Aug 26, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Aug 26, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Aug 26, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 40 min | |
| Aug 26, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 65 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.