Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 125, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 20, 2023, 10:30 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 2023, 10:30 AM CST (16:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 38 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 16:28 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 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
- 1488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
412 WHUS42 KTAE 201630 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1130 AM EST Mon Nov 20 2023 FLZ112-210600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0125.231120T1630Z-231121T0600Z/ Coastal Bay- 1030 AM CST Mon Nov 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Based on coordination with area beach officials, red flags are flying at Bay County beaches. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
771 WHUS42 KTAE 201958 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 258 PM EST Mon Nov 20 2023 FLZ108-114-115-210400- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0125.231120T2100Z-231122T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 258 PM EST Mon Nov 20 2023 /158 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Beach conditions are expected to rapidly deteriorate tonight into tomorrow as strong southerly winds develop ahead of a cold front. Surf heights are likely to range from 2 to 4 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-210400- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0125.000000T0000Z-231122T0600Z/ Coastal Bay- 158 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$
881 WHUS42 KTAE 210828 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 328 AM EST Tue Nov 21 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-211630- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0125.000000T0000Z-231122T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 328 AM EST Tue Nov 21 2023 /228 AM CST Tue Nov 21 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 1:56 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 52 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.