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Rip Current Statement 73, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 24, 2022Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 24, 2022, 3:48 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 24, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2022, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 24, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 25, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 348 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 2022-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 273 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 2022-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

774 
WHUS42 KTAE 240848
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
448 AM EDT Fri Jun 24 2022

FLZ114-250600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0073.220624T1500Z-220625T0600Z/
Coastal Gulf-
448 AM EDT Fri Jun 24 2022 /348 AM CDT Fri Jun 24 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ 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
Jun 24, 3:28 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningTAEDixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Taylor, Wakulla17 hr
Jun 24, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton41 min
Jun 24, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie43 min
Jun 24, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton41 min
Jun 24, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton25 min
Jun 24, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison26 min
Jun 24, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie28 min
Jun 24, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette24 min
Jun 24, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette46 min
Jun 24, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun30 min
Jun 24, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon34 min
Jun 24, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson34 min
Jun 24, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon43 min
Jun 24, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla54 min
Jun 24, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden26 min
Jun 24, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden33 min
Jun 24, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson32 min
Jun 24, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Jun 24, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor26 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.