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Rip Current Statement 86, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 17, 2021, 1:51 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2021, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Liberty | 2 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.