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Rip Current Statement 51, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 2, 2022, 3:59 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2022, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 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 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
715 WHUS42 KTAE 020859 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 459 AM EDT Mon May 2 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-021700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0051.220502T0859Z-220503T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 459 AM EDT Mon May 2 2022 /359 AM CDT Mon May 2 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
874 WHUS42 KTAE 021521 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1121 AM EDT Mon May 2 2022 FLZ115-021630- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-220503T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1121 AM EDT Mon May 2 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The high risk of rip currents for Franklin county has diminished with surf heights dropping to below 2 feet across the county beaches. $$ FLZ108-112-114-022330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-220503T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1121 AM EDT Mon May 2 2022 /1021 AM CDT Mon May 2 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:52 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more | 5 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.