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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 4, 2022Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 4, 2022, 10:45 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2022, 10:45 AM CST (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 2022, 9:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

734 
WHUS42 KTAE 041645
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1145 AM EST Tue Jan 4 2022

FLZ114-050300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0001.220104T1645Z-220105T0300Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1145 AM EST Tue Jan 4 2022 /1045 AM CST Tue Jan 4 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 10:50 PM CSTFreeze WarningTAEBay, Walton9 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.