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Rip Current Statement 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 12, 2023, 11:08 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2023, 11:08 AM CDT (16:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 16:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
315 WHUS42 KTAE 121608 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1208 PM EDT Wed Jul 12 2023 FLZ108-112-114-130600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0074.230712T1608Z-230713T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1208 PM EDT Wed Jul 12 2023 /1108 AM CDT Wed Jul 12 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches, and for St. Joseph Peninsula and Rish Park in 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 12, 1:57 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 54 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.