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Rip Current Statement 61, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 24, 2023, 4:25 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2023, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 09:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
697 WHUS42 KTAE 240925 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 525 AM EDT Sat Jun 24 2023 FLZ114-241730- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0061.230624T0925Z-230625T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 525 AM EDT Sat Jun 24 2023 /425 AM CDT Sat Jun 24 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights will be around 1 to 2 feet. State Park Beaches have a high risk of rip currents. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
413 WHUS42 KTAE 241800 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 200 PM EDT Sat Jun 24 2023 FLZ108-112-250200- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0061.000000T0000Z-230625T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 100 PM CDT Sat Jun 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-250200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0061.000000T0000Z-230625T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 200 PM EDT Sat Jun 24 2023 /100 PM CDT Sat Jun 24 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 118 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.