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Rip Current Statement 117, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 27, 20234 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 27, 2023, 3:47 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 27, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 2023, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 27, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 27, 2023, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
19 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 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

090 
WHUS42 KTAE 270847
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
447 AM EDT Fri Oct 27 2023

FLZ108-112-114-115-280400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0117.231027T0900Z-231028T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
447 AM EDT Fri Oct 27 2023 /347 AM CDT Fri Oct 27 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Franklin County Beaches, plus south-
  facing beaches of Gulf County.

* 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.