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Rip Current Statement 119, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 12, 2022Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 12, 2022, 4:31 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 12, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2022, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 344 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 2022-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 744 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 2022-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

671 
WHUS42 KTAE 120931
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
531 AM EDT Wed Oct 12 2022

FLZ112-114-115-130600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0119.221012T1500Z-221013T0600Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
531 AM EDT Wed Oct 12 2022 /431 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights are expected to be around 2
  feet today. 

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
Oct 12, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla24 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.