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Rip Current Statement 104, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 20, 2023, 1:15 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 20, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2023, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 20, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 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 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
704 WHUS42 KTAE 200615 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 215 AM EDT Wed Sep 20 2023 FLZ114-115-201415- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0104.230920T1200Z-230921T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 215 AM EDT Wed Sep 20 2023 /115 AM CDT Wed Sep 20 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South Facing Gulf 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
289 WHUS42 KTAE 201548 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1148 AM EDT Wed Sep 20 2023 FLZ114-115-210600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-230921T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1148 AM EDT Wed Sep 20 2023 /1048 AM CDT Wed Sep 20 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South Facing, State Park Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
891 WHUS42 KTAE 202124 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 524 PM EDT Wed Sep 20 2023 FLZ108-112-210530- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-230921T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 424 PM CDT Wed Sep 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay 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. && $$ FLZ114-115-210530- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-230921T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 524 PM EDT Wed Sep 20 2023 /424 PM CDT Wed Sep 20 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South Facing, State Park Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
336 WHUS42 KTAE 210555 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 155 AM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 FLZ108-112-114-210700- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-230921T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 155 AM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 /1255 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... Surf heights are expected to continue a slow fall and a moderate risk will continue overnight. $$ FLZ115-211400- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-230922T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 155 AM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
329 WHUS42 KTAE 211523 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1123 AM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 FLZ108-220600- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-230922T0600Z/ South Walton- 1023 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton 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. && $$ FLZ115-220600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-230922T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1123 AM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Sep 20, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 92 min | |
| Sep 20, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Sep 20, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Sep 20, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Sep 20, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 89 min | |
| Sep 20, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 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.