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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 31, 2022Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 31, 2022, 1:48 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 31, 2022, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 31, 2022, 1:48 AM CST (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 31, 2022, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 31, 2022, 9:00 PM CST
In force
13 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 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-01-31Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-01-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

046 
WHUS42 KTAE 310748
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
248 AM EST Mon Jan 31 2022

FLZ108-112-114-311600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0016.220131T1400Z-220201T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
248 AM EST Mon Jan 31 2022 /148 AM CST Mon Jan 31 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ this morning 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
548 
WHUS42 KTAE 311640
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1140 AM EST Mon Jan 31 2022

FLZ108-112-114-010045-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220201T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1140 AM EST Mon Jan 31 2022 /1040 AM CST Mon Jan 31 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through 10 PM EST /9PM CST 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 1:52 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE4 days

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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.