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Rip Current Statement 111, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 12, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 12, 2022, 2:28 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 2022, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2022, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
18 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 07:29 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, 7.5 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 2022-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 894 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
894 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

465 
WHUS42 KTAE 120728
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
328 AM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-130100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0111.220912T0728Z-220913T0100Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
328 AM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022 /228 AM CDT Mon Sep 12 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...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
Sep 12, 5:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Sep 12, 9:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE41 min
Sep 12, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE90 min
Sep 12, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon25 min
Sep 12, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton26 min
Sep 12, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington43 min
Sep 12, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon52 min
Sep 12, 6:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEGadsden, Leon2 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.