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Rip Current Statement 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 21, 2023, 3:33 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 21, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2023, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 21, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 2590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
080 WHUS42 KTAE 210833 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 433 AM EDT Sat Oct 21 2023 FLZ112-114-211645- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0113.231021T1200Z-231022T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 433 AM EDT Sat Oct 21 2023 /333 AM CDT Sat Oct 21 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...Bay and Gulf 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
969 WHUS42 KTAE 211543 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1143 AM EDT Sat Oct 21 2023 FLZ108-212345- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-231022T0600Z/ South Walton- 1043 AM CDT Sat Oct 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-114-212345- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-231022T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1143 AM EDT Sat Oct 21 2023 /1043 AM CDT Sat Oct 21 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf 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. && $$
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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.