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Rip Current Statement 83, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 10:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Wakulla | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 38 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.