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Rip Current Statement 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 12, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 12, 2022, 4:53 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2022, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
41 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 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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 2022-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1587 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

859 
WHUS42 KTAE 120953
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
553 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-140300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0079.220712T0953Z-220714T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
553 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022 /453 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...It is possible that the high risk continues
  beyond Wednesday, but the forecast is contingent on the
  evolution of a tropical system over the northern Gulf of Mexico.

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
Jul 11, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay3 hr
Jul 11, 8:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELafayette, Taylor3 hr
Jul 11, 8:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay119 min
Jul 12, 6:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE88 min
Jul 12, 7:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE86 min
Jul 12, 7:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Jul 12, 9:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Jul 12, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson29 min
Jul 12, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
Jul 12, 11:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay20 min
Jul 12, 12:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay3 hr
Jul 12, 12:16 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE14 hr
Jul 12, 12:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay23 min
Jul 12, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun30 min
Jul 12, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington14 min
Jul 12, 5:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Jackson2 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.