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Rip Current Statement 97, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 8, 20224 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 8, 2022, 3:17 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2022, 3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
22 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 08:18 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, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1018 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 2022-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1018 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

234 
WHUS42 KTAE 080817
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
417 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-091800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0097.220808T0817Z-220809T1800Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
417 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022 /317 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon.

* 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
290 
WHUS42 KTAE 081902
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
302 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

FLZ108-112-114-115-090315-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0097.000000T0000Z-220809T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
302 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022 /202 PM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ Tuesday.

* 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 8, 11:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE97 min
Aug 8, 11:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin34 min
Aug 8, 12:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf37 min
Aug 8, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf, Liberty33 min
Aug 8, 12:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE83 min
Aug 8, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty31 min
Aug 8, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun31 min
Aug 8, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
Aug 8, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay32 min
Aug 8, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon26 min
Aug 8, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE113 min
Aug 8, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla59 min
Aug 8, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden43 min
Aug 8, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Aug 8, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden25 min
Aug 8, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie67 min
Aug 8, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson35 min
Aug 8, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Taylor59 min
Aug 8, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor81 min
Aug 8, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 8, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Madison63 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.