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Rip Current Statement 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 1, 20234 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 1, 2023, 1:16 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2023, 1:16 AM CDT (06:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
42 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 06:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 343 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

189 
WHUS42 KTAE 010616
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
216 AM EDT Thu Jun 1 2023

FLZ108-112-114-115-020900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0054.230601T0616Z-230602T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
216 AM EDT Thu Jun 1 2023 /116 AM CDT Thu Jun 1 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin 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.

&&

$$

DVD
1 follow-up statement
841 
WHUS42 KTAE 020600
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023

FLZ114-115-030000-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0054.000000T0000Z-230603T0000Z/
Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
200 AM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023 /100 AM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...South-Facing 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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-112-020900-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0054.000000T0000Z-230602T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
100 AM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY
THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through early 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Jun 1, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Jun 1, 9:04 AM CDTGale WarningTAE10 hr
Jun 1, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Jun 1, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor41 min
Jun 1, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE87 min
Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson45 min
Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie23 min
Jun 1, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla47 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.