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Rip Current Statement 76, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 14, 2023Bay County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 14, 2023, 10:38 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2023, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 317 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2023-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 581 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2023-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

438 
WHUS42 KTAE 141538
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1138 AM EDT Fri Jul 14 2023

FLZ108-112-142345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0076.230714T1538Z-230715T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
1038 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Bay 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington2 hr
Jul 14, 2:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson2 hr
Jul 14, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton34 min
Jul 14, 4:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Jul 14, 5:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson3 hr
Jul 14, 6:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty3 hr
Jul 14, 6:33 AM CDTFlood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more36 hr
Jul 14, 6:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Walton3 hr
Jul 14, 6:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Walton5 hr
Jul 14, 7:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton44 min
Jul 14, 7:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington55 min
Jul 14, 7:21 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Jul 14, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton67 min
Jul 14, 7:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington4 hr
Jul 14, 7:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWalton3 hr
Jul 14, 7:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEWalton3 hr
Jul 14, 7:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWalton4 hr
Jul 14, 8:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay3 hr
Jul 14, 8:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECalhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington3 hr
Jul 14, 9:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEWalton3 hr
Jul 14, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Jul 14, 9:34 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTAEWalton3 hr
Jul 14, 10:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE89 min
Jul 14, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE108 min
Jul 14, 12:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTAEWalton3 hr
Jul 14, 12:42 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTAEBay, Walton6 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.