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Rip Current Statement 57, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 18, 2022Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 18, 2022, 11:33 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2022, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 348 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 615 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
615 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

195 
WHUS42 KTAE 181633
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1233 PM EDT Wed May 18 2022

FLZ114-190400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0057.220518T1633Z-220519T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1233 PM EDT Wed May 18 2022 /1133 AM CDT Wed May 18 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/
TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until midnight EDT /11 PM CDT/ 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.

&&

$$

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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.