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Rip Current Statement 155, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 28, 20224 counties in Florida

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-12-28Temperature 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 3:24 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE19 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.