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Rip Current Statement 83, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 19, 2022Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 19, 2022, 10:39 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2022, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2022, 2:22 AM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 341 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 12:00Z on 2022-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1118 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 12:00Z on 2022-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
1118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

461 
WHUS42 KTAE 191539
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1139 AM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022

FLZ114-192345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0083.220719T1539Z-220720T0900Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1139 AM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022 /1039 AM CDT Tue Jul 19 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
087 
WHUS42 KTAE 191821
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
221 PM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022

FLZ108-112-200900-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0083.000000T0000Z-220720T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
121 PM CDT Tue Jul 19 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$

FLZ114-200900-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0083.000000T0000Z-220720T0900Z/
Coastal Gulf-
221 PM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022 /121 PM CDT Tue Jul 19 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
774 
WHUS42 KTAE 200722
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
322 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022

FLZ108-112-114-201530-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0083.000000T0000Z-220720T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0084.220720T1200Z-220721T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
322 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022 /222 AM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 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
Jul 19, 10:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes49 min
Jul 19, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla48 min
Jul 19, 4:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWakulla2 hr
Jul 19, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson41 min
Jul 19, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson38 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.