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Rip Current Statement 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 15, 2022Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1596 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Jun 15, 2:09 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more29 hr

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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.