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Rip Current Statement 137, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 16, 2022Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 1:35 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE34 hr
Nov 16, 1:57 PM CSTFreeze WatchTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington11 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.