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Rip Current Statement 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 27, 2023, 1:46 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 27, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2023, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 1642 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
476 WHUS42 KTAE 270646 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 246 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 FLZ108-112-114-271500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0064.230627T1400Z-230628T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 246 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 /146 AM CDT Tue Jun 27 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ this morning 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 27, 2:13 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 30 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.