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Rip Current Statement 66, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 16, 2022Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 16, 2022, 1:14 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 16, 2022, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 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 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 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-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: 863 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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 16, 1:54 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	29 hr
Jun 16, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	28 min
Jun 16, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	30 min
Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Taylor	36 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	32 min
Jun 16, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	26 min
Jun 16, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	36 min
Jun 16, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	17 min
Jun 16, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	33 min
Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	30 min
Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		40 min
Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	28 min
Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun	40 min
Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Liberty	30 min
Jun 16, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	26 min
Jun 16, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	40 min
Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		50 min
Jun 16, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	23 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	31 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.