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Rip Current Statement 58, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 16, 2023, 10:43 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2023, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 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 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 405 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
633 WHUS42 KTAE 161543 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1143 AM EDT Fri Jun 16 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-170400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0058.230616T1543Z-230617T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1143 AM EDT Fri Jun 16 2023 /1043 AM CDT Fri Jun 16 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
982 WHUS42 KTAE 170938 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 538 AM EDT Sat Jun 17 2023 FLZ108-112-114-171745- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-230619T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 538 AM EDT Sat Jun 17 2023 /438 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-171200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-230617T1200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 538 AM EDT Sat Jun 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$
569 WHUS42 KTAE 181442 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1042 AM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023 FLZ108-112-114-190000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-230619T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1042 AM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023 /942 AM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jun 15, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 19 min |
| Jun 15, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Jun 15, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 21 min |
| Jun 15, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 15, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 16, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jun 16, 12:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 13 min |
| Jun 16, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 1:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 1:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 2:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 2:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 2:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 2:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 2:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Jun 16, 3:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 3:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Jun 16, 3:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 3:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 4:27 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 15 hr | |
| Jun 16, 4:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 15 min |
| Jun 16, 6:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Jun 16, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 10:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Jun 16, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 11:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 11:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Jun 16, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Jefferson, Wakulla | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison and 2 more | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 103 min | |
| Jun 16, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 59 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.