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Rip Current Statement 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 13, 2022, 2:58 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2022, 2:58 AM CDT (07:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2022, 12:00 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 08:02 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, 8.0 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
- 2020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
554 WHUS42 KTAE 130758 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 358 AM EDT Mon Jun 13 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-140500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0063.220613T0758Z-220614T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 358 AM EDT Mon Jun 13 2022 /258 AM CDT Mon Jun 13 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Jun 13, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Jun 13, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 43 min | |
| Jun 13, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 23 min | |
| Jun 13, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 3:03 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
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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.