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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 26, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 26, 2022, 1:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2022, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
22 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 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6.8 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 2022-03-26Temperature 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 2022-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
2021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

994 
WHUS42 KTAE 260650
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
250 AM EDT Sat Mar 26 2022

FLZ108-112-114-270400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0034.220326T0650Z-220327T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
250 AM EDT Sat Mar 26 2022 /150 AM CDT Sat Mar 26 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, 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
561 
WHUS42 KTAE 261524
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1124 AM EDT Sat Mar 26 2022

FLZ115-262330-
/O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-220327T0500Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1124 AM EDT Sat Mar 26 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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-112-114-262330-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-220327T0500Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1124 AM EDT Sat Mar 26 2022 /1024 AM CDT Sat Mar 26 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf 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.

&&

$$

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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.