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Rip Current Statement 121, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 18, 2022Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 18, 2022, 12:59 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2022, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2022, 2:02 AM CDT
In force
25 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 05:59 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, 6.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 837 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 2022-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
837 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

890 
WHUS42 KTAE 180559
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
159 AM EDT Tue Oct 18 2022

FLZ114-200000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0121.221018T0559Z-221020T0000Z/
Coastal Gulf-
159 AM EDT Tue Oct 18 2022 /1259 AM CDT Tue Oct 18 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Wednesday 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
339 
WHUS42 KTAE 190702
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
302 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022

FLZ114-190815-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0121.000000T0000Z-221020T0000Z/
Coastal Gulf-
302 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022 /202 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

Offshore winds today will likely keep the rip current risk in the
moderate category.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 2:12 AM CDTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more17 hr
Oct 18, 2:19 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Walton18 hr
Oct 18, 2:19 PM CDTFreeze WatchTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington12 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.