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Rip Current Statement 91, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 27, 2022, 3:11 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 27, 2022, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2022, 3:11 AM EDT (07:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 27, 2022, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2022, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 328 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
- 843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
541 WHUS42 KTAE 270711 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 311 AM EDT Wed Jul 27 2022 FLZ115-271515- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0091.220727T1300Z-220728T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 311 AM EDT Wed Jul 27 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
755 WHUS42 KTAE 271610 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1210 PM EDT Wed Jul 27 2022 FLZ114-280300- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0091.000000T0000Z-220728T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1210 PM EDT Wed Jul 27 2022 /1110 AM CDT Wed Jul 27 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-280300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0091.000000T0000Z-220728T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1210 PM EDT Wed Jul 27 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 6:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Jul 27, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 26 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.