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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 8, 2022, 3:29 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 8, 2022, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2022, 3:29 AM CST (09:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 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 09:27 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, 9.5 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
- 2187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
731 WHUS42 KTAE 080929 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 429 AM EST Sat Jan 8 2022 FLZ115-081730- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0004.220108T1200Z-220110T1200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 429 AM EST Sat Jan 8 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
322 WHUS42 KTAE 090122 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 822 PM EST Sat Jan 8 2022 FLZ115-091000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220110T1200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 822 PM EST Sat Jan 8 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
440 WHUS42 KTAE 090907 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 407 AM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 FLZ108-112-114-091715- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0004.220109T1200Z-220111T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 407 AM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 /307 AM CST Sun Jan 9 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$ FLZ115-091715- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220111T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 407 AM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
001 WHUS42 KTAE 091420 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 920 AM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-092230- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220111T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 920 AM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 /820 AM CST Sun Jan 9 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
476 WHUS42 KTAE 091906 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 206 PM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-100315- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220111T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 206 PM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 /106 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
431 WHUS42 KTAE 100103 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 803 PM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-110000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220111T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 803 PM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 /703 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
425 WHUS42 KTAE 100918 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 418 AM EST Mon Jan 10 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-101730- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220111T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 418 AM EST Mon Jan 10 2022 /318 AM CST Mon Jan 10 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Fraklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:10 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 16 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.