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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 12, 2023, 3:24 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 12, 2023, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2023, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2023, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2023, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 2122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
263 WHUS42 KTAE 120824 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 424 AM EDT Sun Mar 12 2023 FLZ112-114-121630- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0022.230312T1300Z-230313T0500Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 424 AM EDT Sun Mar 12 2023 /324 AM CDT Sun Mar 12 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
123 WHUS42 KTAE 121647 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1247 PM EDT Sun Mar 12 2023 FLZ108-130500- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230313T0500Z/ South Walton- 1147 AM CDT Sun Mar 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-114-130500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230313T0500Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1247 PM EDT Sun Mar 12 2023 /1147 AM CDT Sun Mar 12 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 7:05 PM CST | Dense Smoke Advisory | TAE | Leon | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 11:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson, Walton, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Walton, Washington | 89 min |
| Mar 12, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Washington | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Mar 12, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Mar 12, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Mar 12, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 36 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.