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Rip Current Statement 109, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 6, 2023, 1:58 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 7, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2023, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2023, 1:28 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
717 WHUS42 KTAE 060658 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 258 AM EDT Fri Oct 6 2023 FLZ115-060800- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0108.000000T0000Z-231006T0700Z/ Coastal Franklin- 258 AM EDT Fri Oct 6 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ FLZ114-061600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0109.231007T1200Z-231008T1200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 258 AM EDT Fri Oct 6 2023 /158 AM CDT Fri Oct 6 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County West-Facing Beaches. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
993 WHUS42 KTAE 070628 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 228 AM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023 FLZ114-070730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0109.231007T1200Z-231008T1200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 228 AM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023 /128 AM CDT Sat Oct 7 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Conditions are no longer expected to be conducive to a high risk of rip currents. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 1:53 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 56 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.