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Rip Current Statement 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
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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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:53 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 2 more | 12 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.