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Rip Current Statement 56, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 13, 2023, 1:31 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 13, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2023, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 13, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2023, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 06:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6.5 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
399 WHUS42 KTAE 130631 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 231 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2023 FLZ114-131445- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0056.230613T1600Z-230614T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 231 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2023 /131 AM CDT Tue Jun 13 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
305 WHUS42 KTAE 131637 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1237 PM EDT Tue Jun 13 2023 FLZ108-112-140400- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0056.000000T0000Z-230614T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1137 AM CDT Tue Jun 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 11 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-140400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0056.000000T0000Z-230614T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1237 PM EDT Tue Jun 13 2023 /1137 AM CDT Tue Jun 13 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT /11 PM CDT/ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 80 min | |
| Jun 12, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 68 min |
| Jun 13, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 73 min |
| Jun 13, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 3:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 113 min |
| Jun 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 37 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 23 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.