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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 16, 2023, 2:48 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 16, 2023, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2023, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2023, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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 07:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
397 WHUS42 KTAE 160748 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 348 AM EDT Sun Apr 16 2023 FLZ108-112-114-171200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0039.230416T1000Z-230417T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 348 AM EDT Sun Apr 16 2023 /248 AM CDT Sun Apr 16 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights are forecast to vary between 2 to 3 feet and have a period of 6 or 7 seconds. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
880 WHUS42 KTAE 170621 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 221 AM EDT Mon Apr 17 2023 FLZ114-180000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-230418T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 221 AM EDT Mon Apr 17 2023 /121 AM CDT Mon Apr 17 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County State Park and West Facing Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-171200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-230417T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 121 AM CDT Mon Apr 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT this morning. * 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 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Apr 15, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Apr 15, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 7:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 1:18 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 20 hr | |
| Apr 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 19 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.