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Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 16, 2022, 4:38 AM EDT for Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2022, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2022, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 352 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
- 3455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
633 WHUS42 KTAE 160838 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 438 AM EDT Sat Apr 16 2022 FLZ115-170100- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0041.220416T0838Z-220417T0100Z/ Coastal Franklin- 438 AM EDT Sat Apr 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
815 WHUS42 KTAE 161546 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1146 AM EDT Sat Apr 16 2022 FLZ108-170100- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-220417T0100Z/ South Walton- 1046 AM CDT Sat Apr 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-170100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-220417T0100Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1146 AM EDT Sat Apr 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 31 min |
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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.