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Rip Current Statement 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 10, 2023, 10:21 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2023, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2023, 2:27 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted.
821 WHUS42 KTAE 101521 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1121 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2023 FLZ108-110800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0072.230710T1521Z-230711T0800Z/ South Walton- 1021 AM CDT Mon Jul 10 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton 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. && $$ FLZ112-114-110800- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0071.000000T0000Z-230711T0800Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1121 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2023 /1021 AM CDT Mon Jul 10 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
622 WHUS42 KTAE 110727 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 327 AM EDT Tue Jul 11 2023 FLZ108-110830- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0072.000000T0000Z-230711T0800Z/ South Walton- 227 AM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Then risk is now moderate. $$ FLZ112-110830- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0071.000000T0000Z-230711T0800Z/ Coastal Bay- 227 AM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Then risk is now moderate. $$ FLZ114-120800- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0071.000000T0000Z-230712T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf- 327 AM EDT Tue Jul 11 2023 /227 AM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...West facing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Jul 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jul 10, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Jul 10, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 10, 3:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Walton | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton, Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 4:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 5:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Jul 10, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Liberty | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 7:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 10, 7:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Jul 10, 7:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 27 min | |
| Jul 10, 8:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 8:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 10, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 10, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 73 min |
| Jul 10, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jul 10, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 42 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.