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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 11, 2022Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 11, 2022, 4:58 AM EST for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 11, 2022, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2022, 4:58 AM EST (09:58 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2022, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 11, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-01-11Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -106 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
1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

885 
WHUS42 KTAE 110958
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
458 AM EST Tue Jan 11 2022

FLZ114-115-111800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0005.220111T1100Z-220112T0000Z/
Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
458 AM EST Tue Jan 11 2022 /358 AM CST Tue Jan 11 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...As winds become more northeasterly today
  and this evening, conditions will become marginally more
  favorable for rip currents along Franklin County beaches and
  south-facing Gulf County beaches.

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.