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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 10, 2023Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 10, 2023, 2:43 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 10, 2023, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2023, 2:43 AM CST (08:43 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2023, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 11, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

935 
WHUS42 KTAE 100843
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
343 AM EST Fri Mar 10 2023

FLZ112-114-101645-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0021.230310T1400Z-230311T0600Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
343 AM EST Fri Mar 10 2023 /243 AM CST Fri Mar 10 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ this morning 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 10:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden45 min
Mar 10, 11:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon51 min
Mar 10, 11:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson53 min
Mar 10, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison13 min
Mar 10, 12:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun49 min
Mar 10, 1:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Leon39 min
Mar 10, 1:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun44 min
Mar 10, 1:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon38 min
Mar 10, 1:55 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEJefferson23 min
Mar 10, 2:24 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson36 min
Mar 10, 2:24 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden51 min
Mar 10, 2:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison48 min
Mar 10, 2:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden25 min
Mar 10, 2:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison44 min
Mar 10, 2:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun42 min
Mar 10, 3:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison37 min
Mar 10, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Madison43 min
Mar 10, 3:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden48 min
Mar 10, 4:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor44 min
Mar 10, 4:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Madison, Taylor41 min
Mar 10, 5:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette63 min

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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.