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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 21, 2023, 4:43 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 21, 2023, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2023, 4:43 AM CST (10:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 42 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 10:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
659 WHUS42 KTAE 211043 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 543 AM EST Sat Jan 21 2023 FLZ108-112-114-211845- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.230121T1200Z-230123T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 543 AM EST Sat Jan 21 2023 /443 AM CST Sat Jan 21 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
842 WHUS42 KTAE 211643 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1143 AM EST Sat Jan 21 2023 FLZ108-112-114-220900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-230123T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1143 AM EST Sat Jan 21 2023 /1043 AM CST Sat Jan 21 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
670 WHUS42 KTAE 220844 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 344 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023 FLZ115-221645- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-230123T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 344 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-221645- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-230123T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 344 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023 /244 AM CST Sun Jan 22 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
151 WHUS42 KTAE 221829 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 129 PM EST Sun Jan 22 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-230600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-230123T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 129 PM EST Sun Jan 22 2023 /1229 PM CST Sun Jan 22 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:34 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 53 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:34 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 53 hr |
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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.