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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1:29 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 41 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.