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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 23, 2023, 2:42 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 24, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2023, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 2155 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
458 WHUS42 KTAE 230742 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 342 AM EDT Thu Mar 23 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-241000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0028.230324T1600Z-230327T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 342 AM EDT Thu Mar 23 2023 /242 AM CDT Thu Mar 23 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The rip current risk is expected to increase through the day on Friday as onshore winds increase during the afternoon. Persistent onshore winds and surf heights of 2 to 4 feet are expected to linger through at least Sunday, maintaining a high risk of rip currents through the weekend. 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. && $$ DVD
4 follow-up statements
998 WHUS42 KTAE 240816 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 416 AM EDT Fri Mar 24 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-251000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0028.230324T1600Z-230327T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 416 AM EDT Fri Mar 24 2023 /316 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The rip current risk is expected to increase this afternoon as onshore winds increase. Persistent onshore winds and surf heights of 2 to 4 feet are expected to linger through at least Sunday, maintaining a high risk of rip currents through the weekend. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
939 WHUS42 KTAE 251016 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 616 AM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-270800- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-230327T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 616 AM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023 /516 AM CDT Sat Mar 25 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * 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. && $$
952 WHUS42 KTAE 270757 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 357 AM EDT Mon Mar 27 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-290800- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-230329T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 357 AM EDT Mon Mar 27 2023 /257 AM CDT Mon Mar 27 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
624 WHUS42 KTAE 290828 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 428 AM EDT Wed Mar 29 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-292100- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-230329T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0029.230329T0828Z-230329T2100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 428 AM EDT Wed Mar 29 2023 /328 AM CDT Wed Mar 29 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southerly swell of 2-3 feet with an 8-second period will continue to support a high risk of rip currents this morning, but northerly offshore winds today will bring a slow and gradual decrease in surf heights and rip risk through the day. Rip current risk is likely to drop into the moderate category by late this afternoon. 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 22, 9:11 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more | 12 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.