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Rip Current Statement 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 14, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 14, 2022, 3:56 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2022, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 19 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 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

849 
WHUS42 KTAE 140856
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
456 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-150400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0064.220614T0856Z-220615T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
456 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2022 /356 AM CDT Tue Jun 14 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* 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
Jun 14, 2:17 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	29 hr
Jun 14, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	45 min
Jun 14, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	43 min
Jun 14, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	26 min
Jun 14, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty	66 min
Jun 14, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	49 min
Jun 14, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	61 min
Jun 14, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Liberty	27 min
Jun 14, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	38 min
Jun 14, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jun 14, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington	59 min
Jun 14, 5:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Leon	116 min
Jun 14, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Liberty, Taylor, Wakulla	33 min
Jun 14, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington	57 min
Jun 14, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla	66 min
Jun 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 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.