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Rip Current Statement 91, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 27, 2022Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 843 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor30 min
Jul 26, 8:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson25 min
Jul 26, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor47 min
Jul 26, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson43 min
Jul 27, 6:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
Jul 27, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson26 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.