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Rip Current Statement 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 5, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 5, 2022, 2:01 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 6, 2022, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2022, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2022, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 7, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
44 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 06:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1563 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1563 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

877 
WHUS42 KTAE 050701
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
301 AM EDT Thu May 5 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-060900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0052.220506T0800Z-220508T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
301 AM EDT Thu May 5 2022 /201 AM CDT Thu May 5 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
363 
WHUS42 KTAE 060726
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
326 AM EDT Fri May 6 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-070900-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0052.220506T0800Z-220508T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
326 AM EDT Fri May 6 2022 /226 AM CDT Fri May 6 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
123 
WHUS42 KTAE 070640
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
240 AM EDT Sat May 7 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-080400-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0052.000000T0000Z-220508T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
240 AM EDT Sat May 7 2022 /140 AM CDT Sat May 7 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:53 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 2 more12 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.