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Rip Current Statement 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 21, 2022, 2:27 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 21, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2022, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 21, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 22, 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 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 2520 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
749 WHUS42 KTAE 210727 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 327 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 FLZ108-112-114-211530- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0085.220721T1200Z-220722T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 327 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 /227 AM CDT Thu Jul 21 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
073 WHUS42 KTAE 211529 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1129 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 FLZ108-112-114-220600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-220722T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1129 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 /1029 AM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 9:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 111 min | |
| Jul 21, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 49 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.