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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 30, 2022, 3:52 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 30, 2022, 10:27 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2022, 3:52 AM CST (09:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2022, 10:27 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2022, 6:47 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
161 WHUS42 KTAE 300952 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 452 AM EST Sun Jan 30 2022 FLZ108-112-114-310600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0015.220130T1900Z-220131T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 452 AM EST Sun Jan 30 2022 /352 AM CST Sun Jan 30 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EST /1 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 2 PM EST /1 PM CST/ this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southwest wind near 15 mph will develop at the beaches this afternoon. This will kick up enough wind-driven surf for a high rip current risk starting this afternoon. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
256 WHUS42 KTAE 301627 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1127 AM EST Sun Jan 30 2022 FLZ108-112-114-310030- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0015.220130T1627Z-220131T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1127 AM EST Sun Jan 30 2022 /1027 AM CST Sun Jan 30 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
353 WHUS42 KTAE 310047 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 747 PM EST Sun Jan 30 2022 FLZ108-112-114-310200- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-220131T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 747 PM EST Sun Jan 30 2022 /647 PM CST Sun Jan 30 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The rip current risk will decrease tonight thus the high rip current risk is cancelled. $$
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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.