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Rip Current Statement 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 20, 2022Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 20, 2022, 2:22 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 20, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2022, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 20, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 21, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
18 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 07:23 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, 7.4 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 662 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 2022-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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 20, 6:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie40 min
Jul 20, 6:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE58 min
Jul 20, 7:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie40 min
Jul 20, 8:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 20, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden46 min
Jul 20, 9:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington47 min
Jul 20, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 20, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Leon, Wakulla61 min
Jul 20, 10:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Jul 20, 10:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin, Gulf51 min
Jul 20, 11:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Madison63 min
Jul 20, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson35 min
Jul 20, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Jul 20, 12:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
Jul 20, 12:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Liberty54 min
Jul 20, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Leon48 min
Jul 20, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 20, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon36 min
Jul 20, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes52 min
Jul 20, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Washington50 min
Jul 20, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson42 min
Jul 20, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington20 min
Jul 20, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton43 min
Jul 20, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton19 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.