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Rip Current Statement 137, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 16, 2022, 1:34 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 16, 2022, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2022, 1:34 AM CST (07:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2022, 7:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2022, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 13 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 07:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
276 WHUS42 KTAE 160734 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 234 AM EST Wed Nov 16 2022 FLZ114-161545- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0137.221116T1300Z-221117T0200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 234 AM EST Wed Nov 16 2022 /134 AM CST Wed Nov 16 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected at north facing beaches. * WHERE...North facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EST this morning through this 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
796 WHUS42 KTAE 161647 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1147 AM EST Wed Nov 16 2022 FLZ108-112-170200- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0137.000000T0000Z-221117T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1047 AM CST Wed Nov 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-170200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0137.000000T0000Z-221117T0200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1147 AM EST Wed Nov 16 2022 /1047 AM CST Wed Nov 16 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...West-Facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1:35 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 34 hr | |
| Nov 16, 1:57 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 11 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.