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Rip Current Statement 133, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 8, 2023, 4:54 AM CST for Bay County, Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2023, 4:54 AM CST (10:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2023, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 342 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
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
744 WHUS42 KTAE 081054 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 554 AM EST Fri Dec 8 2023 FLZ115-081900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0133.231208T1054Z-231209T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 554 AM EST Fri Dec 8 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
744 WHUS42 KTAE 081655 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1155 AM EST Fri Dec 8 2023 FLZ112-090100- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0133.000000T0000Z-231209T0300Z/ Coastal Bay- 1055 AM CST Fri Dec 8 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-090100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0133.000000T0000Z-231209T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1155 AM EST Fri Dec 8 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
199 WHUS42 KTAE 082004 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 304 PM EST Fri Dec 8 2023 FLZ112-115-090300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0133.000000T0000Z-231209T0300Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 304 PM EST Fri Dec 8 2023 /204 PM CST Fri Dec 8 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 6:53 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 8 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.