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Rip Current Statement 99, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 25, 2021, 3:55 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 25, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2021, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 25, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
805 WHUS42 KTAE 250855 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 455 AM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021 FLZ115-260600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0099.211025T1200Z-211026T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 455 AM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT 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. && $$ FLZ112-260600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0099.211025T2000Z-211026T0600Z/ Coastal Bay- 355 AM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 3 PM CDT this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-260600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0099.211026T0000Z-211026T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 455 AM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021 /355 AM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From this evening 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
953 WHUS42 KTAE 251550 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1150 AM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021 FLZ112-251700- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0099.211025T2000Z-211026T0600Z/ Coastal Bay- 1050 AM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR BAY COUNTY... However a moderate risk of rip currents exists. $$ FLZ114-260000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0099.211025T1550Z-211026T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1150 AM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021 /1050 AM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...St Joseph State Park Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...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. && $$ FLZ115-260000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0099.000000T0000Z-211026T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1150 AM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 39 min | |
| Oct 24, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 41 min | |
| Oct 25, 7:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Oct 25, 8:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 109 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.