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Rip Current Statement 101, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 12, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 12, 2022, 2:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2022, 2:06 AM CDT (07:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
23 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 07:07 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, 7.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 270 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2022-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

521 
WHUS42 KTAE 120706
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
306 AM EDT Fri Aug 12 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-121515-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0101.220812T0706Z-220813T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
306 AM EDT Fri Aug 12 2022 /206 AM CDT Fri Aug 12 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, South Facing Gulf Beaches and Saint Joseph
  State Park, 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE48 min
Aug 11, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin46 min
Aug 11, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla50 min
Aug 12, 10:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE85 min
Aug 12, 11:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf47 min
Aug 12, 1:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin42 min
Aug 12, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE55 min
Aug 12, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla49 min
Aug 12, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE36 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.