Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 15, 2022, 1:05 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2022, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 363 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
- 1596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
202 WHUS42 KTAE 150605 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 205 AM EDT Wed Jun 15 2022 FLZ114-160600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0065.220615T0605Z-220616T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 205 AM EDT Wed Jun 15 2022 /105 AM CDT Wed Jun 15 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR GULF COUNTY STATE PARK BEACHES... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County State Park 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
983 WHUS42 KTAE 151538 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1138 AM EDT Wed Jun 15 2022 FLZ112-152345- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0065.000000T0000Z-220616T0600Z/ Coastal Bay- 1038 AM CDT Wed Jun 15 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-152345- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0065.000000T0000Z-220616T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1138 AM EDT Wed Jun 15 2022 /1038 AM CDT Wed Jun 15 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County State Park 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. && $$
209 WHUS42 KTAE 160614 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 214 AM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022 FLZ112-114-170600- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0065.000000T0000Z-220616T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0066.220616T0614Z-220617T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 214 AM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022 /114 AM CDT Thu Jun 16 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County State Park Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Jun 15, 2:09 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2022Every rip current statement in 2022
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.