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Rip Current Statement 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 25, 2022Bay County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 25, 2022, 4:24 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 25, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2022, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 25, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 25, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 317 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 2022-06-25Temperature 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

548 
WHUS42 KTAE 250924
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
524 AM EDT Sat Jun 25 2022

FLZ108-112-260400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0074.220625T1800Z-220626T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
424 AM CDT Sat Jun 25 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 1 PM CDT this afternoon 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 24, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Jun 24, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor32 min
Jun 25, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Jun 25, 6:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton32 min
Jun 25, 7:08 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jun 25, 7:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jun 25, 7:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton24 min
Jun 25, 8:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton44 min
Jun 25, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington34 min
Jun 25, 9:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Jun 25, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay60 min
Jun 25, 9:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE86 min
Jun 25, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington46 min
Jun 25, 10:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay44 min
Jun 25, 10:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay54 min
Jun 25, 10:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington62 min
Jun 25, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf44 min
Jun 25, 11:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Washington63 min
Jun 25, 11:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington51 min
Jun 25, 11:58 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Jun 25, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton42 min
Jun 25, 12:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington2 hr
Jun 25, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Liberty46 min
Jun 25, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE97 min
Jun 25, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor47 min
Jun 25, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Jun 25, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla52 min
Jun 25, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon33 min
Jun 25, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon39 min
Jun 25, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla45 min
Jun 25, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE90 min
Jun 25, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon28 min
Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELeon, Wakulla2 hr
Jun 25, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie38 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.