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Rip Current Statement 104, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 17, 2022Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 17, 2022, 3:23 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 17, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2022, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 17, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
12 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 08:16 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 348 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2069 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
2069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

502 
WHUS42 KTAE 170823
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
423 AM EDT Wed Aug 17 2022

FLZ114-171630-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0104.220817T1500Z-220818T0300Z/
Coastal Gulf-
423 AM EDT Wed Aug 17 2022 /323 AM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...West-facing Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Aug 17, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla25 min
Aug 17, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon35 min
Aug 17, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla36 min
Aug 17, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon35 min
Aug 17, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE63 min
Aug 17, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette36 min
Aug 17, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison33 min
Aug 17, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay24 min
Aug 17, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor33 min
Aug 17, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGilchrist26 min
Aug 17, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson35 min
Aug 17, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton33 min
Aug 17, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay31 min
Aug 17, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison27 min
Aug 17, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay34 min
Aug 17, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGilchrist33 min
Aug 17, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison31 min
Aug 17, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE58 min
Aug 17, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette37 min
Aug 17, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay32 min
Aug 17, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay25 min
Aug 17, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor36 min
Aug 17, 4:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAETaylor2 hr
Aug 17, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGilchrist27 min
Aug 17, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison36 min
Aug 17, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette34 min
Aug 17, 4:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay116 min
Aug 17, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay25 min
Aug 17, 4:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDixie, Lafayette99 min
Aug 17, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE29 min
Aug 17, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGilchrist27 min
Aug 17, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington25 min
Aug 17, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin21 min
Aug 17, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Aug 17, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington31 min
Aug 17, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin33 min
Aug 17, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla37 min
Aug 17, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin35 min
Aug 17, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington32 min
Aug 17, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton25 min
Aug 17, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
Aug 17, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton27 min
Aug 17, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes29 min
Aug 17, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton21 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.