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Rip Current Statement 100, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 11, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 11, 2022, 1:25 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2022, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 360 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

757 
WHUS42 KTAE 110625
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
225 AM EDT Thu Aug 11 2022

FLZ114-115-111430-
/O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0099.000000T0000Z-220811T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0100.220811T0625Z-220812T0600Z/
Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
225 AM EDT Thu Aug 11 2022 /125 AM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf and Franklin 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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-112-111430-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0100.220811T0625Z-220812T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
125 AM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Bay 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE47 min
Aug 11, 4:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Aug 11, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE90 min
Aug 11, 7:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Aug 11, 8:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE116 min
Aug 11, 8:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE116 min
Aug 11, 8:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE61 min
Aug 11, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette36 min
Aug 11, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE91 min
Aug 11, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf24 min
Aug 11, 9:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf61 min
Aug 11, 10:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 11, 11:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin46 min
Aug 11, 11:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 11, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Aug 11, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE86 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.