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Rip Current Statement 96, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 7, 2022Franklin County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 7, 2022, 3:38 AM EDT for Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2022, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 352 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 726 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
726 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

365 
WHUS42 KTAE 070738
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
338 AM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

FLZ115-071515-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0096.220807T0738Z-220808T0400Z/
Coastal Franklin-
338 AM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
110 
WHUS42 KTAE 071649
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1249 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

FLZ108-080100-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-220808T0400Z/
South Walton-
1149 AM CDT Sun Aug 7 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton 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.

&&

$$

FLZ115-080100-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-220808T0400Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1249 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty29 min
Aug 7, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla29 min
Aug 7, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty38 min
Aug 7, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun43 min
Aug 7, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay48 min
Aug 7, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden46 min
Aug 7, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE55 min
Aug 7, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf48 min
Aug 7, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson, Washington52 min
Aug 7, 4:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Washington3 hr
Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson57 min
Aug 7, 4:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJackson3 hr
Aug 7, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie45 min
Aug 7, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton24 min
Aug 7, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE50 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.