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Rip Current Statement 75, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 13, 2023, 3:33 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 13, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2023, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 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 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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
- 1161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
063 WHUS42 KTAE 130833 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 433 AM EDT Thu Jul 13 2023 FLZ108-112-114-131645- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0075.230713T1600Z-230714T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 433 AM EDT Thu Jul 13 2023 /333 AM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Given the beach conditions yesterday, no appreciable changes in the weather pattern, and thunderstorms forecast today, it was decided to reintroduce a high risk of rip currents at the Panhandle beaches. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
635 WHUS42 KTAE 131525 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1125 AM EDT Thu Jul 13 2023 FLZ114-131630- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0075.230713T1600Z-230714T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1125 AM EDT Thu Jul 13 2023 /1025 AM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The high rip current risk is cancelled. A moderate risk of rip currents is in effect. $$ FLZ108-112-132330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0075.230713T1600Z-230714T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1025 AM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today 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 13, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 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.