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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 20, 2022, 3:24 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 20, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2022, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 1755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
943 WHUS42 KTAE 200824 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 424 AM EDT Sun Mar 20 2022 FLZ108-112-114-201630- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0032.220320T1200Z-220321T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 424 AM EDT Sun Mar 20 2022 /324 AM CDT Sun Mar 20 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
214 WHUS42 KTAE 210618 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 218 AM EDT Mon Mar 21 2022 FLZ108-112-211430- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-220321T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0033.220321T0618Z-220322T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 118 AM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-210730- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-220321T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 218 AM EDT Mon Mar 21 2022 /118 AM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Rip current risk for Monday appear moderate but the risk will increase later Monday night and Tuesday. $$ FLZ115-211430- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0033.220321T0618Z-220322T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 218 AM EDT Mon Mar 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 73 min | |
| Mar 20, 1:38 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 3 days |
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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.