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Rip Current Statement 119, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 29, 2023, 2:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2023, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 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 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 1528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
213 WHUS42 KTAE 290731 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 331 AM EDT Sun Oct 29 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-300600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0119.231029T0731Z-231030T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 331 AM EDT Sun Oct 29 2023 /231 AM CDT Sun Oct 29 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
092 WHUS42 KTAE 291532 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1132 AM EDT Sun Oct 29 2023 FLZ114-291645- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0119.000000T0000Z-231030T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1132 AM EDT Sun Oct 29 2023 /1032 AM CDT Sun Oct 29 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... In coordination with local beach officials, it was determined that the rip current risk at St Joseph State Park will be downgraded to a moderate risk with yellow flags flying this morning. A higher risk remains in place for south-facing beaches such as Indian Pass, however. $$ FLZ108-112-115-292345- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0119.000000T0000Z-231030T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 1132 AM EDT Sun Oct 29 2023 /1032 AM CDT Sun Oct 29 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 3:39 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:42 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 19 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.