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Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 8, 2023, 3:12 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2023, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- 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 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
181 WHUS42 KTAE 080812 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 412 AM EDT Sat Apr 8 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-081700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0033.230408T0812Z-230409T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 412 AM EDT Sat Apr 8 2023 /312 AM CDT Sat Apr 8 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
160 WHUS42 KTAE 081552 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1152 AM EDT Sat Apr 8 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-090200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-230409T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1152 AM EDT Sat Apr 8 2023 /1052 AM CDT Sat Apr 8 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 6:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 8, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 8, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Apr 8, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 11:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Apr 8, 11:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 1:37 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 5 days |
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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.