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Rip Current Statement 82, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 8, 2021, 2:17 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 47 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2021, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 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 07:16 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, 7.3 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
- 1362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
625 WHUS42 KTAE 080717 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 317 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 FLZ108-112-114-100600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0082.210908T0717Z-210910T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 317 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 /217 AM CDT Wed Sep 8 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Beach conditions will go downhill quick this afternoon. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
105 WHUS42 KTAE 081416 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1016 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 FLZ115-100600- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0082.000000T0000Z-210910T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1016 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-100600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0082.000000T0000Z-210910T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1016 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 /916 AM CDT Wed Sep 8 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * 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. && $$
488 WHUS42 KTAE 090900 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 500 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-100600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0082.000000T0000Z-210910T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 500 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021 /400 AM CDT Thu Sep 9 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:36 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 25 hr | |
| Sep 8, 4:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 41 min | |
| Sep 8, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Sep 8, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 6:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Sep 8, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Sep 8, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 89 min | |
| Sep 8, 11:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Sep 8, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Sep 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 2:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Washington | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 25 min | |
| Sep 8, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Sep 8, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 89 min | |
| Sep 8, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 41 min | |
| Sep 8, 4:01 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Washington | 3 hr |
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.