Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 2, 2023, 3:46 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 47 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2023, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 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 08:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 2630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
715 WHUS42 KTAE 020846 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 446 AM EDT Tue May 2 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-021700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0044.230502T0846Z-230503T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 446 AM EDT Tue May 2 2023 /346 AM CDT Tue May 2 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
912 WHUS42 KTAE 021918 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 318 PM EDT Tue May 2 2023 FLZ115-030000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-230503T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 318 PM EDT Tue May 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-030330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-230503T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 318 PM EDT Tue May 2 2023 /218 PM CDT Tue May 2 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
892 WHUS42 KTAE 030632 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 232 AM EDT Wed May 3 2023 FLZ112-114-040800- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-230504T0800Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 232 AM EDT Wed May 3 2023 /132 AM CDT Wed May 3 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-031200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-230503T1200Z/ South Walton- 132 AM CDT Wed May 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
081 WHUS42 KTAE 031759 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 159 PM EDT Wed May 3 2023 FLZ108-040600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0045.230503T1759Z-230504T0800Z/ South Walton- 1259 PM CDT Wed May 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-114-040600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-230504T0800Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 159 PM EDT Wed May 3 2023 /1259 PM CDT Wed May 3 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:01 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 19 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.