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Rip Current Statement 97, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 19, 2021, 2:06 AM EDT for Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 19, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2021, 2:06 AM EDT (06:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
641 WHUS42 KTAE 190606 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 206 AM EDT Tue Oct 19 2021 FLZ115-191415- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0097.211019T1500Z-211020T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 206 AM EDT Tue Oct 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 11 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
644 WHUS42 KTAE 191937 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 337 PM EDT Tue Oct 19 2021 FLZ115-210300- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0097.000000T0000Z-211021T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 337 PM EDT Tue Oct 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
309 WHUS42 KTAE 201528 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1128 AM EDT Wed Oct 20 2021 FLZ108-210300- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0097.000000T0000Z-211021T0300Z/ South Walton- 1028 AM CDT Wed Oct 20 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton 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. && $$ FLZ115-210300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0097.000000T0000Z-211021T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1128 AM EDT Wed Oct 20 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.