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Rip Current Statement 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 15, 2021, 10:58 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2021, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 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 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
609 WHUS42 KTAE 151558 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1158 AM EDT Wed Sep 15 2021 FLZ114-115-161000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0085.210915T1558Z-210918T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1158 AM EDT Wed Sep 15 2021 /1058 AM CDT Wed Sep 15 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
553 WHUS42 KTAE 160734 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 334 AM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021 FLZ108-112-170400- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-210917T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 234 AM CDT Thu Sep 16 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-115-170900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-210918T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 334 AM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021 /234 AM CDT Thu Sep 16 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
847 WHUS42 KTAE 170651 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 251 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 FLZ115-170800- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-210918T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 251 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The high risk current risk for Franklin County has been cancelled. Some rip currents are still expected today. $$ FLZ108-112-180400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0086.210917T0651Z-210918T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 151 AM CDT Fri Sep 17 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...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. && $$ FLZ114-180400- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-210918T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 251 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 /151 AM CDT Fri Sep 17 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 65 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Sep 15, 9:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 4 hr |
| Sep 15, 10:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Sep 15, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla | 53 min |
| Sep 15, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Sep 15, 5:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 44 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.