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Rip Current Statement 149, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 17, 2022, 1:53 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2022, 1:53 AM CST (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2022, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 2154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
262 WHUS42 KTAE 170753 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 253 AM EST Sat Dec 17 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-180300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0149.221217T0753Z-221218T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 253 AM EST Sat Dec 17 2022 /153 AM CST Sat Dec 17 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
499 WHUS42 KTAE 171620 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1120 AM EST Sat Dec 17 2022 FLZ108-112-171730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0149.000000T0000Z-221218T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1020 AM CST Sat Dec 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Generally light offshore winds have resulted in a moderate rip current risk along the Walton and Bay County beaches. Yellow flags are flying at these beaches according to beach officials. Therefore, the high rip current risk is cancelled. $$ FLZ114-115-180030- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0149.000000T0000Z-221218T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1120 AM EST Sat Dec 17 2022 /1020 AM CST Sat Dec 17 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 1:22 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 21 hr | |
| Dec 17, 1:23 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 6 more | 13 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.