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Rip Current Statement 51, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 14, 2023, 3:16 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 14, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2023, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2023, 11:28 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
156 WHUS42 KTAE 140816 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 416 AM EDT Sun May 14 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-150600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0051.230514T1200Z-230515T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 416 AM EDT Sun May 14 2023 /316 AM CDT Sun May 14 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
618 WHUS42 KTAE 141628 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1228 PM EDT Sun May 14 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-141730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-230515T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1228 PM EDT Sun May 14 2023 /1128 AM CDT Sun May 14 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Surf heights have dropped to below 2 feet and observations from local beach patrols justify a moderate risk of rip currents for today. Therefore, the High Rip Current Risk is cancelled. But remember that rip currents still develop under a moderate risk. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 32 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.