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Rip Current Statement 134, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 12, 2022, 3:32 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 12, 2022, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2022, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 12, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
910 WHUS42 KTAE 120932 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 432 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022 FLZ108-112-114-130000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0134.221112T1200Z-221113T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 432 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022 /332 AM CST Sat Nov 12 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southwest to westerly breezes today will favor a high risk of rip currents from Cape San Blas westward through Walton County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 3:31 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 32 hr | |
| Nov 12, 4:23 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 4 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.