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Rip Current Statement 145, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 1, 2022, 3:00 AM EST for Franklin County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 1, 2022, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 64 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2022, 3:00 AM EST (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2022, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 64 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 359 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
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
254 WHUS42 KTAE 010800 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 300 AM EST Thu Dec 1 2022 FLZ115-011600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0145.221201T1200Z-221205T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 300 AM EST Thu Dec 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Persistent easterly flow lends high confidence in a prolonged high rip current risk through the weekend. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
452 WHUS42 KTAE 011625 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1125 AM EST Thu Dec 1 2022 FLZ114-020600- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0145.000000T0000Z-221202T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1125 AM EST Thu Dec 1 2022 /1025 AM CST Thu Dec 1 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-020900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0145.000000T0000Z-221205T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1125 AM EST Thu Dec 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Sunday 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. && $$
788 WHUS42 KTAE 020943 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 443 AM EST Fri Dec 2 2022 FLZ115-030900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0145.000000T0000Z-221204T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 443 AM EST Fri Dec 2 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
175 WHUS42 KTAE 030937 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 437 AM EST Sat Dec 3 2022 FLZ108-040400- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0145.000000T0000Z-221204T0400Z/ South Walton- 337 AM CST Sat Dec 3 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton 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. && $$ FLZ115-040400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0145.000000T0000Z-221204T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 437 AM EST Sat Dec 3 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.