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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 3, 2023, 3:13 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 3, 2023, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2023, 3:13 AM CST (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2023, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 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 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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
- 308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
860 WHUS42 KTAE 030913 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 413 AM EST Tue Jan 3 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-031715- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0001.230103T1200Z-230104T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 413 AM EST Tue Jan 3 2023 /313 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 12:55 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Jan 3, 2:00 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 19 hr | |
| Jan 3, 2:13 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more | 13 hr |
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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.