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Rip Current Statement 128, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 26, 2023, 1:58 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2023, 1:58 AM CST (07:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 46 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 07:57 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, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
153 WHUS42 KTAE 260758 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 258 AM EST Sun Nov 26 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-270800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0128.231126T0758Z-231128T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 258 AM EST Sun Nov 26 2023 /158 AM CST Sun Nov 26 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
407 WHUS42 KTAE 270730 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 230 AM EST Mon Nov 27 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-271530- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0128.000000T0000Z-231128T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 230 AM EST Mon Nov 27 2023 /130 AM CST Mon Nov 27 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
544 WHUS42 KTAE 271707 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1207 PM EST Mon Nov 27 2023 FLZ108-112-115-271815- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0128.000000T0000Z-231128T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 1207 PM EST Mon Nov 27 2023 /1107 AM CST Mon Nov 27 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Surf heights of 1 to 2 feet are possible along Walton, Bay, and Franklin beaches. $$ FLZ114-280600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0128.000000T0000Z-231128T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1207 PM EST Mon Nov 27 2023 /1107 AM CST Mon Nov 27 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 7:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 46 min | |
| Nov 26, 8:09 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 25 hr | |
| Nov 26, 8:12 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 48 min | |
| Nov 26, 9:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Nov 26, 9:13 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 2 hr |
| Nov 26, 10:36 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Nov 26, 10:43 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon | 2 hr |
| Nov 26, 12:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Nov 26, 2:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min |
Nearby
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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.