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Rip Current Statement 126, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 22, 2023, 2:23 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 22, 2023, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 2023, 2:23 AM CST (08:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 22, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2023, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 17 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 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
375 WHUS42 KTAE 220823 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 323 AM EST Wed Nov 22 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-221630- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0126.231122T1200Z-231123T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 323 AM EST Wed Nov 22 2023 /223 AM CST Wed Nov 22 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
181 WHUS42 KTAE 222112 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 412 PM EST Wed Nov 22 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-230500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0126.000000T0000Z-231123T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 412 PM EST Wed Nov 22 2023 /312 PM CST Wed Nov 22 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 10:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 34 min |
| Nov 22, 12:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 57 min |
| Nov 22, 12:46 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 119 min | |
| Nov 22, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 49 min |
| Nov 22, 1:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Wakulla | 24 min |
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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.