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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 13, 2023, 3:21 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 13, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2023, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
648 WHUS42 KTAE 130821 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 421 AM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 FLZ108-112-114-131630- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0023.230313T1200Z-230314T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 421 AM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 /321 AM CDT Mon Mar 13 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
467 WHUS42 KTAE 131522 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1122 AM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 FLZ108-112-114-132330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230314T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1122 AM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 /1022 AM CDT Mon Mar 13 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Mar 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 23 min |
| Mar 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Mar 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 23 min | |
| Mar 12, 10:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Mar 12, 11:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Mar 12, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 82 min | |
| Mar 13, 1:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 13, 2:25 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 31 hr | |
| Mar 13, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 46 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.