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Rip Current Statement 67, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 5, 2023Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 5, 2023, 2:28 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2023, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2023, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 348 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

922 
WHUS42 KTAE 050728
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
328 AM EDT Wed Jul 5 2023

FLZ114-060400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0067.230705T0728Z-230706T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-
328 AM EDT Wed Jul 5 2023 /228 AM CDT Wed Jul 5 2023/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this 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
Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Madison	16 hr
Jul 5, 10:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	37 min
Jul 5, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	45 min
Jul 5, 11:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	45 min
Jul 5, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	45 min
Jul 5, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	40 min
Jul 5, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	28 min
Jul 5, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Jackson	45 min
Jul 5, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	54 min
Jul 5, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	62 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Walton	114 min

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2023 Every rip current statement in 2023

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.