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Rip Current Statement 56, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 13, 2023Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

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.

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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, 6.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2023-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton57 min
Jun 12, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE80 min
Jun 12, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton47 min
Jun 12, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes51 min
Jun 12, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington28 min
Jun 13, 12:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes48 min
Jun 13, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson26 min
Jun 13, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson62 min
Jun 13, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes49 min
Jun 13, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes68 min
Jun 13, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson67 min
Jun 13, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton73 min
Jun 13, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden29 min
Jun 13, 3:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton113 min
Jun 13, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington61 min
Jun 13, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington62 min
Jun 13, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton66 min
Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington65 min
Jun 13, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE37 min
Jun 13, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison23 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.