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Rip Current Statement 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Jun 1, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Jun 1, 9:04 AM CDT | Gale Warning | TAE | 10 hr | |
| Jun 1, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 47 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.