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Rip Current Statement 67, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 18, 2022Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

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 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, 6.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2131 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 2022-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison37 min
Jun 18, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min
Jun 18, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie48 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.