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Rip Current Statement 130, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 30, 2023, 1:46 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 1, 2023, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2023, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 07:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 2098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
180 WHUS42 KTAE 300746 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 246 AM EST Thu Nov 30 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-301600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0130.231201T0600Z-231202T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 246 AM EST Thu Nov 30 2023 /146 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is high on strong onshore flow developing late tonight and persisting into the weekend. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
384 WHUS42 KTAE 010131 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 831 PM EST Thu Nov 30 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-011000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0130.231201T0600Z-231202T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 831 PM EST Thu Nov 30 2023 /731 PM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is high on strong onshore flow developing late tonight and persisting into the weekend. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
190 WHUS42 KTAE 010858 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 358 AM EST Fri Dec 1 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-040600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0130.000000T0000Z-231204T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 358 AM EST Fri Dec 1 2023 /258 AM CST Fri Dec 1 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday 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. && $$
499 WHUS42 KTAE 022027 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 327 PM EST Sat Dec 2 2023 FLZ115-031030- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0130.000000T0000Z-231203T1700Z/ Coastal Franklin- 327 PM EST Sat Dec 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-031030- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0130.000000T0000Z-231204T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 327 PM EST Sat Dec 2 2023 /227 PM CST Sat Dec 2 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday 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. && $$
030 WHUS42 KTAE 031703 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1203 PM EST Sun Dec 3 2023 FLZ115-031815- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0130.000000T0000Z-231203T1700Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1203 PM EST Sun Dec 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Conditions no longer support strong rip currents. $$ FLZ108-112-114-040600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0130.000000T0000Z-231204T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1203 PM EST Sun Dec 3 2023 /1103 AM CST Sun Dec 3 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:14 PM CST | Frost Advisory | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:44 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 31 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.