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Rip Current Statement 138, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 19, 2023, 12:12 PM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2023, 12:12 PM CST (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2023, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 1779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
619 WHUS42 KTAE 191812 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 112 PM EST Tue Dec 19 2023 FLZ114-200300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0138.231219T1812Z-231220T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 112 PM EST Tue Dec 19 2023 /1212 PM CST Tue Dec 19 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County State Park Beaches. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ 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 19, 1:00 AM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:17 PM CST | Frost Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 18 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.