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Rip Current Statement 77, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 15, 2023, 3:46 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 15, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2023, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 15, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 363 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
- 558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
313 WHUS42 KTAE 150846 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 446 AM EDT Sat Jul 15 2023 FLZ114-160300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0077.230715T1200Z-230716T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 446 AM EDT Sat Jul 15 2023 /346 AM CDT Sat Jul 15 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights will be around 2 feet along the Gulf County Peninsula. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
784 WHUS42 KTAE 151553 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1153 AM EDT Sat Jul 15 2023 FLZ112-160000- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0077.000000T0000Z-230716T0300Z/ Coastal Bay- 1053 AM CDT Sat Jul 15 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From now through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-160000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0077.000000T0000Z-230716T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1153 AM EDT Sat Jul 15 2023 /1053 AM CDT Sat Jul 15 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From now through this evening. * 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 15, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Jul 15, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Jul 15, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Jul 15, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Jul 15, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 3:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 95 min |
| Jul 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 47 min | |
| Jul 15, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 39 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.