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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 20, 20234 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 20, 2023, 2:05 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 20, 2023, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2023, 2:05 AM CST (08:05 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2023, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 20, 2023, 10:00 PM CST
In force
19 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 08:05 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, 8.1 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 2023-01-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

024 
WHUS42 KTAE 200805
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
305 AM EST Fri Jan 20 2023

FLZ108-112-114-115-210400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0006.230120T0900Z-230121T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
305 AM EST Fri Jan 20 2023 /205 AM CST Fri Jan 20 2023/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Despite northerly offshore wind today,
  lingering southerly swell at area beaches will be enough to keep
  rip current risk high today.

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.

&&

$$

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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.