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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 12, 2022Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 12, 2022, 10:39 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 13, 2022, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2022, 10:39 AM CST (16:39 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 14, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 2022-02-12Temperature 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
2174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

482 
WHUS42 KTAE 121639
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1139 AM EST Sat Feb 12 2022

FLZ114-130900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0018.220213T1200Z-220214T1200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1139 AM EST Sat Feb 12 2022 /1039 AM CST Sat Feb 12 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...West-Facing Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...From Sunday morning through Monday morning.

* 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
408 
WHUS42 KTAE 131132
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
632 AM EST Sun Feb 13 2022

FLZ114-141200-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0018.220213T1200Z-220214T1200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
632 AM EST Sun Feb 13 2022 /532 AM CST Sun Feb 13 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...West-Facing Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Monday morning.

* 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
Feb 12, 1:29 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE41 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.