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Rip Current Statement 145, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 1, 2022Franklin County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-12-01Temperature 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 2022-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.