Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 88, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2022, 4:47 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 24, 2022, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2022, 4:47 AM EDT (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2022, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2022, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Franklin County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 308 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
- 1829 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
556 WHUS42 KTAE 240847 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 447 AM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022 FLZ115-250300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0088.220724T1500Z-220725T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 447 AM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
398 WHUS42 KTAE 241556 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1156 AM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022 FLZ115-250300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0088.000000T0000Z-220725T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1156 AM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 31 min | |
| Jul 24, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 34 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2022Every rip current statement in 2022
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.