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Rip Current Statement 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 30, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 30, 2022, 1:55 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 30, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2022, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
15 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 06:57 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, 6.9 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 2022-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

354 
WHUS42 KTAE 300655
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
255 AM EDT Sat Apr 30 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-010300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0049.220430T1200Z-220501T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
255 AM EDT Sat Apr 30 2022 /155 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE47 min
Apr 30, 9:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton43 min
Apr 30, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE41 min
Apr 30, 11:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Apr 30, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson44 min
Apr 30, 1:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Apr 30, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay40 min
Apr 30, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington23 min
Apr 30, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes31 min
Apr 30, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson50 min
Apr 30, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE28 min
Apr 30, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden36 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.