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Rip Current Statement 155, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 28, 2022, 3:25 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 28, 2022, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2022, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2022, 5:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2023, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 days
- 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 09:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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
- 2210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
356 WHUS42 KTAE 280925 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 425 AM EST Wed Dec 28 2022 FLZ108-112-290900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0155.221228T1100Z-221230T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 325 AM CST Wed Dec 28 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
152 WHUS42 KTAE 290819 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 319 AM EST Thu Dec 29 2022 FLZ115-300900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0155.000000T0000Z-221231T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 319 AM EST Thu Dec 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...High rip current risk is likely to carry forward through the weekend. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-300900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0155.000000T0000Z-221231T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 219 AM CST Thu Dec 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...High rip current risk is likely to carry forward 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. && $$
103 WHUS42 KTAE 300753 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 253 AM EST Fri Dec 30 2022 FLZ114-010900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0155.000000T0000Z-230101T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 253 AM EST Fri Dec 30 2022 /153 AM CST Fri Dec 30 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-115-010900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0155.000000T0000Z-230101T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 253 AM EST Fri Dec 30 2022 /153 AM CST Fri Dec 30 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Saturday night. * 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. && $$
206 WHUS42 KTAE 010843 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 343 AM EST Sun Jan 1 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-020900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0155.000000T0000Z-230102T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 343 AM EST Sun Jan 1 2023 /243 AM CST Sun Jan 1 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 3:24 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 19 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.