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Rip Current Statement 68, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 19, 2022, 4:20 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 19, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2022, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 19, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 328 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
- 2271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
960 WHUS42 KTAE 190820 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 420 AM EDT Sun Jun 19 2022 FLZ114-115-191630- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0068.220619T1200Z-220620T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 420 AM EDT Sun Jun 19 2022 /320 AM CDT Sun Jun 19 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning 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 19, 2:34 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Taylor | 17 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 75 min |
| Jun 19, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 71 min | |
| Jun 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| Jun 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 44 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.