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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 1:52 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 4 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.