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Rip Current Statement 98, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 9, 2022, 3:26 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Aug 9, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2022, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 08:26 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, 8.4 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
- 980 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
413 WHUS42 KTAE 090826 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 426 AM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022 FLZ108-112-115-100600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0098.220809T1200Z-220810T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 426 AM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022 /326 AM CDT Tue Aug 9 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
119 WHUS42 KTAE 091626 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1226 PM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022 FLZ108-091730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0098.000000T0000Z-220810T0600Z/ South Walton- 1126 AM CDT Tue Aug 9 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ114-100030- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0098.000000T0000Z-220810T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1226 PM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022 /1126 AM CDT Tue Aug 9 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$ FLZ112-115-100030- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0098.000000T0000Z-220810T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 1226 PM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022 /1126 AM CDT Tue Aug 9 2022/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay, Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Aug 9, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 41 min | |
| Aug 9, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Aug 9, 7:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Aug 9, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 119 min | |
| Aug 9, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| Aug 9, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 9:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Aug 9, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 97 min | |
| Aug 9, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 42 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.