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Rip Current Statement 138, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 17, 2022Gulf County, Florida

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-11-17Temperature 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 1:08 AM CSTFreeze WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington31 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.