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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 16, 2022, 12:51 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 65 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2022, 12:51 AM CST (06:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 65 hr
- 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 06:54 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
623 WHUS42 KTAE 160651 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 151 AM EST Wed Feb 16 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-161500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0021.220216T0651Z-220219T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 151 AM EST Wed Feb 16 2022 /1251 AM CST Wed Feb 16 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
812 WHUS42 KTAE 170830 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 330 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-171630- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-220219T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 330 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 /230 AM CST Thu Feb 17 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
304 WHUS42 KTAE 171652 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1152 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-180100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-220219T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1152 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 /1052 AM CST Thu Feb 17 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Double red flags cannot be ruled out from rough surf. 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. && $$
661 WHUS42 KTAE 180055 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 755 PM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-181100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-220219T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 755 PM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 /655 PM CST Thu Feb 17 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
846 WHUS42 KTAE 181158 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 658 AM EST Fri Feb 18 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-190000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-220219T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 658 AM EST Fri Feb 18 2022 /558 AM CST Fri Feb 18 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...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. && $$
925 WHUS42 KTAE 181651 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1151 AM EST Fri Feb 18 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-190000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-220219T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1151 AM EST Fri Feb 18 2022 /1051 AM CST Fri Feb 18 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.