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Rip Current Statement 126, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 9:08 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 13 hr | |
| Oct 25, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 39 min |
| Oct 25, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 40 min |
| Oct 25, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 47 min |
| Oct 25, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 23 min |
| Oct 25, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Oct 25, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Oct 26, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 42 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.