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Rip Current Statement 60, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 23, 20234 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 23, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
14 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 16:02 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 12:00Z, 4.0 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 12:00Z on 2023-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2023-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

646 
WHUS42 KTAE 231600
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1200 PM EDT Fri Jun 23 2023

FLZ108-112-114-115-240600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0060.230623T1600Z-230624T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
1200 PM EDT Fri Jun 23 2023 /1100 AM CDT Fri Jun 23 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson, Washington57 min
Jun 22, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie53 min
Jun 22, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson53 min
Jun 22, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Jackson52 min
Jun 22, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon47 min
Jun 22, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton49 min
Jun 22, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton43 min
Jun 22, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Jun 22, 8:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJackson, Washington115 min
Jun 22, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon60 min
Jun 22, 8:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEDixie, Taylor5 days
Jun 22, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton45 min
Jun 22, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington27 min
Jun 22, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun42 min
Jun 22, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE113 min
Jun 22, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Liberty48 min
Jun 22, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Jun 22, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Jun 22, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty62 min
Jun 22, 11:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEDixie7 hr
Jun 22, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Jun 22, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson48 min
Jun 23, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor49 min
Jun 23, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison43 min
Jun 23, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningTAETaylor23 min
Jun 23, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Madison, Taylor25 min
Jun 23, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison13 min
Jun 23, 1:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Jun 23, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE47 min
Jun 23, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jun 23, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE86 min
Jun 23, 1:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla24 min
Jun 23, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson32 min
Jun 23, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE55 min
Jun 23, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison38 min
Jun 23, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison36 min
Jun 23, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Jun 23, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE116 min
Jun 23, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington48 min
Jun 23, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun31 min
Jun 23, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE39 min
Jun 23, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon41 min
Jun 23, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden42 min
Jun 23, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon83 min
Jun 23, 6:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELeon117 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.