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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 18, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 18, 2022, 1:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2022, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
45 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 06:33 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 360 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-03-18Temperature 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

191 
WHUS42 KTAE 180631
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
231 AM EDT Fri Mar 18 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-191100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0031.220318T0631Z-220320T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
231 AM EDT Fri Mar 18 2022 /131 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
508 
WHUS42 KTAE 181521
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1121 AM EDT Fri Mar 18 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-191530-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-220320T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
1121 AM EDT Fri Mar 18 2022 /1021 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
679 
WHUS42 KTAE 190748
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
348 AM EDT Sat Mar 19 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-191600-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-220320T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
348 AM EDT Sat Mar 19 2022 /248 AM CDT Sat Mar 19 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 Saturday 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 1:33 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more7 hr
Mar 18, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson97 min
Mar 18, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton54 min
Mar 18, 2:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWalton2 hr
Mar 18, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton54 min
Mar 18, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Mar 18, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington27 min
Mar 18, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington69 min
Mar 18, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon46 min
Mar 18, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson59 min
Mar 18, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington87 min
Mar 18, 4:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington3 hr
Mar 18, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay45 min
Mar 18, 5:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Washington3 hr
Mar 18, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more89 min
Mar 18, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE97 min
Mar 18, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison33 min
Mar 18, 6:23 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEBay37 min
Mar 18, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Liberty, Washington3 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.