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Rip Current Statement 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 7, 2023, 1:40 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 7, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2023, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2023, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 06:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 877 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
261 WHUS42 KTAE 070640 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 240 AM EDT Fri Jul 7 2023 FLZ114-080300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0069.230707T1400Z-230708T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 240 AM EDT Fri Jul 7 2023 /140 AM CDT Fri Jul 7 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ this morning 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 7, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Jul 7, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 99 min | |
| Jul 7, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 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.