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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 13, 2022Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 13, 2022, 2:49 AM CST for Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 13, 2022, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2022, 2:49 AM CST (08:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 14, 2022, 12:00 AM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

855 
WHUS42 KTAE 130849
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
349 AM EST Thu Jan 13 2022

FLZ112-114-115-131700-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.220113T1200Z-220114T0600Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
349 AM EST Thu Jan 13 2022 /249 AM CST Thu Jan 13 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning 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
Jan 13, 1:41 PM CSTGale WatchTAE25 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.