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Rip Current Statement 126, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 26, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 26, 2022, 1:45 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2022, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
23 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 06:46 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2022-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

272 
WHUS42 KTAE 260645
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
245 AM EDT Wed Oct 26 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-261445-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0126.221026T0645Z-221027T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
245 AM EDT Wed Oct 26 2022 /145 AM CDT Wed Oct 26 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* 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
Oct 25, 9:08 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE13 hr
Oct 25, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton39 min
Oct 25, 10:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes40 min
Oct 25, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes47 min
Oct 25, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Washington23 min
Oct 25, 11:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE91 min
Oct 25, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson, Washington40 min
Oct 26, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay39 min
Oct 26, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE88 min
Oct 26, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun42 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.