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Rip Current Statement 67, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 18, 2022, 1:48 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 18, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2022, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 18, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 06:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 2131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
072 WHUS42 KTAE 180648 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 248 AM EDT Sat Jun 18 2022 FLZ114-190000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0067.220618T1600Z-220619T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 248 AM EDT Sat Jun 18 2022 /148 AM CDT Sat Jun 18 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
472 WHUS42 KTAE 181618 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1218 PM EDT Sat Jun 18 2022 FLZ112-190400- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0067.000000T0000Z-220619T0400Z/ Coastal Bay- 1118 AM CDT Sat Jun 18 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-190400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0067.000000T0000Z-220619T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1218 PM EDT Sat Jun 18 2022 /1118 AM CDT Sat Jun 18 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today 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 18, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Jun 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 48 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.