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Rip Current Statement 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 22, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 22, 2022, 2:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 22, 2022, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2022, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 22, 2022, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 22, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 360 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

881 
WHUS42 KTAE 220735
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
335 AM EDT Wed Jun 22 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-221545-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0071.220622T1000Z-220623T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
335 AM EDT Wed Jun 22 2022 /235 AM CDT Wed Jun 22 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...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 22, 2:38 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryTAEBay, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla, Walton16 hr
Jun 22, 9:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE41 min
Jun 22, 3:26 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more28 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.