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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 28, 2022, 2:53 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 28, 2022, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2022, 2:53 AM CST (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2022, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2022, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
896 WHUS42 KTAE 280853 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 353 AM EST Fri Jan 28 2022 FLZ112-114-301200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0014.220128T1600Z-220130T1200Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 353 AM EST Fri Jan 28 2022 /253 AM CST Fri Jan 28 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ this morning through Sunday morning. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
698 WHUS42 KTAE 290637 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 137 AM EST Sat Jan 29 2022 FLZ112-114-300600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-220130T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 137 AM EST Sat Jan 29 2022 /1237 AM CST Sat Jan 29 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2:51 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 31 hr | |
| Jan 28, 3:02 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:07 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 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.