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Rip Current Statement 132, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 5, 2023, 3:28 AM CST for Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2023, 3:28 AM CST (09:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 339 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
- 1918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
565 WHUS42 KTAE 050928 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 428 AM EST Tue Dec 5 2023 FLZ114-051730- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0132.231205T0928Z-231206T2200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 428 AM EST Tue Dec 5 2023 /328 AM CST Tue Dec 5 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
964 WHUS42 KTAE 051655 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1155 AM EST Tue Dec 5 2023 FLZ108-060100- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0132.000000T0000Z-231206T2200Z/ South Walton- 1055 AM CST Tue Dec 5 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-060100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0132.000000T0000Z-231206T2200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1155 AM EST Tue Dec 5 2023 /1055 AM CST Tue Dec 5 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
310 WHUS42 KTAE 051717 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1217 PM EST Tue Dec 5 2023 FLZ108-051830- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0132.000000T0000Z-231206T2200Z/ South Walton- 1117 AM CST Tue Dec 5 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... After coordinating with beach officials, the high risk of rip currents for Walton county has been cancelled. $$ FLZ114-060130- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0132.000000T0000Z-231206T2200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1217 PM EST Tue Dec 5 2023 /1117 AM CST Tue Dec 5 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
454 WHUS42 KTAE 060743 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 243 AM EST Wed Dec 6 2023 FLZ114-070600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0132.000000T0000Z-231207T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 243 AM EST Wed Dec 6 2023 /143 AM CST Wed Dec 6 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 3:11 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 34 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.