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Rip Current Statement 88, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 19, 2021, 2:50 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 19, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2021, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
902 WHUS42 KTAE 190750 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 350 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021 FLZ108-112-191600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0088.210919T1200Z-210920T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 250 AM CDT Sun Sep 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through late tonight. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
951 WHUS42 KTAE 190751 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 351 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021 FLZ108-112-200600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0088.210919T1200Z-210920T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 251 AM CDT Sun Sep 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through late tonight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
677 WHUS42 KTAE 191520 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1120 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021 FLZ114-200600- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0088.000000T0000Z-210920T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1120 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021 /1020 AM CDT Sun Sep 19 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through late tonight. * 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-200600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0088.000000T0000Z-210920T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1020 AM CDT Sun Sep 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 92 min | |
| Sep 19, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 48 min | |
| Sep 19, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 24 min | |
| Sep 19, 1:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 57 min |
| Sep 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lafayette | 114 min |
| Sep 19, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 3 hr |
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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.