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Rip Current Statement 105, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 18, 2022Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 18, 2022, 2:04 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 18, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 18, 2022, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 18, 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 07:03 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

600 
WHUS42 KTAE 180704
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
304 AM EDT Thu Aug 18 2022

FLZ114-181515-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0105.220818T1500Z-220819T0300Z/
Coastal Gulf-
304 AM EDT Thu Aug 18 2022 /204 AM CDT Thu Aug 18 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf County State Park Beaches.

* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT 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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

479 
WHUS42 KTAE 181514
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1114 AM EDT Thu Aug 18 2022

FLZ114-190300-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0105.000000T0000Z-220819T0300Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1114 AM EDT Thu Aug 18 2022 /1014 AM CDT Thu Aug 18 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf County State Park Beaches.

* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	56 min
Aug 17, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		50 min
Aug 17, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	47 min
Aug 17, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		58 min
Aug 18, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		25 min
Aug 18, 6:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	37 min
Aug 18, 7:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		28 min
Aug 18, 10:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Washington	3 hr
Aug 18, 10:41 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		64 min
Aug 18, 10:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin	37 min
Aug 18, 11:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		88 min
Aug 18, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	25 min
Aug 18, 11:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	3 hr
Aug 18, 11:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	47 min
Aug 18, 11:42 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		93 min
Aug 18, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	44 min
Aug 18, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		86 min
Aug 18, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	39 min
Aug 18, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	35 min
Aug 18, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	23 min
Aug 18, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		64 min
Aug 18, 2:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dixie	3 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.