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Rip Current Statement 138, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 17, 2022, 1:10 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2022, 1:10 AM CST (07:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2022, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
216 WHUS42 KTAE 170710 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 210 AM EST Thu Nov 17 2022 FLZ114-171515- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0138.221117T0710Z-221118T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 210 AM EST Thu Nov 17 2022 /110 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
819 WHUS42 KTAE 171734 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1234 PM EST Thu Nov 17 2022 FLZ114-180400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0138.000000T0000Z-221118T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1234 PM EST Thu Nov 17 2022 /1134 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...West-Facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 1:08 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 31 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.