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Rip Current Statement 103, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 6, 2023, 3:57 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2023, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 349 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
- 568 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
036 WHUS42 KTAE 060857 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 457 AM EDT Wed Sep 6 2023 FLZ108-112-070300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0103.230906T0857Z-230907T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 357 AM CDT Wed Sep 6 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay 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. && $$ FLZ115-061700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0103.230906T0857Z-230906T1700Z/ Coastal Franklin- 457 AM EDT Wed Sep 6 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 1 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights will decrease through the day, so rip current risk should transition from high this morning, to moderate this afternoon PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
210 WHUS42 KTAE 061612 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1212 PM EDT Wed Sep 6 2023 FLZ115-061715- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0103.000000T0000Z-230906T1700Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1212 PM EDT Wed Sep 6 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Based off late-morning webcam observations and consulting with St George Island State park officials, it was decided that the high rip current statement will be cancelled one hour earlier than the original expiration time. However, rip currents are still possible today. $$ FLZ108-112-070015- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0103.000000T0000Z-230907T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1112 AM CDT Wed Sep 6 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.