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Rip Current Statement 58, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 19, 2022, 11:08 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2022, 11:08 AM CDT (16:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2022, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 16:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
463 WHUS42 KTAE 191608 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1208 PM EDT Thu May 19 2022 FLZ114-200200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0058.220519T1608Z-220520T0200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1208 PM EDT Thu May 19 2022 /1108 AM CDT Thu May 19 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ 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 19, 5:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 3 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 29 min |
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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.