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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 14, 2023, 11:46 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2023, 11:46 AM EDT (15:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 328 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
- 341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
813 WHUS42 KTAE 141546 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1146 AM EDT Fri Apr 14 2023 FLZ114-115-150000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0038.230414T1546Z-230415T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1146 AM EDT Fri Apr 14 2023 /1046 AM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-150000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-230415T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1046 AM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 5:47 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 14 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:06 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 1 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.