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Rip Current Statement 92, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 28, 2022, 1:59 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jul 28, 2022, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2022, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 28, 2022, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
350 WHUS42 KTAE 280659 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 259 AM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-281500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0092.220728T1400Z-220729T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 259 AM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 /159 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
646 WHUS42 KTAE 281858 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 258 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 FLZ108-112-114-115-290300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0092.000000T0000Z-220729T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 258 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 /158 PM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 28, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Jul 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 39 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.