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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 28, 2022Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-01-28Temperature 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 2:51 AM CSTGale WarningTAE31 hr
Jan 28, 3:02 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more23 hr
Jan 28, 3:02 AM CSTWind AdvisoryTAEBay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more29 hr
Jan 28, 3:07 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more31 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.