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Rip Current Statement 120, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 31, 2023, 2:18 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 31, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2023, 2:18 AM CDT (07:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 hr
- 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 07:16 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
346 WHUS42 KTAE 310718 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 318 AM EDT Tue Oct 31 2023 FLZ114-010900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0120.231031T1700Z-231102T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 318 AM EDT Tue Oct 31 2023 /218 AM CDT Tue Oct 31 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...West-Facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 PM EDT /noon CDT/ this afternoon through Wednesday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
953 WHUS42 KTAE 010743 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 343 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 FLZ115-020900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0121.231102T0600Z-231103T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 343 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-020000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0120.000000T0000Z-231102T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 343 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 /243 AM CDT Wed Nov 1 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...West-Facing Gulf County Beaches. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2:17 AM CDT | Gale Warning | TAE | 32 hr | |
| Oct 31, 5:03 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 53 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.