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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 28, 2022Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 28, 2022, 1:57 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2022, 1:57 AM CST (07:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2022, 8:00 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 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, 8.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-02-28Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2022-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
2108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

421 
WHUS42 KTAE 280757
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
257 AM EST Mon Feb 28 2022

FLZ112-114-010200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0025.220228T0757Z-220301T0200Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
257 AM EST Mon Feb 28 2022 /157 AM CST Mon Feb 28 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay and Gulf 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
162 
WHUS42 KTAE 281721
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1221 PM EST Mon Feb 28 2022

FLZ112-281830-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-220301T0200Z/
Coastal Bay-
1121 AM CST Mon Feb 28 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR BAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

$$

FLZ114-010200-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-220301T0200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1221 PM EST Mon Feb 28 2022 /1121 AM CST Mon Feb 28 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM EST /8 PM 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.

&&

$$

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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.