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Rip Current Statement 78, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 16, 2023Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 16, 2023, 2:43 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 16, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2023, 2:43 AM CDT (07:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 17, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 22 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 07:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

820 
WHUS42 KTAE 160743
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
343 AM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023

FLZ112-114-170600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0078.230716T0800Z-230717T0600Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
343 AM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023 /243 AM CDT Sun Jul 16 2023/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights will be around 2 feet for Bay
  County beaches and beaches along the Peninsula of Gulf County.

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 16, 11:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Walton	46 min
Jul 16, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Washington	65 min
Jul 16, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	85 min
Jul 16, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Lafayette	62 min
Jul 16, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more	83 min
Jul 16, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	96 min
Jul 16, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	48 min
Jul 16, 1:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Leon	117 min
Jul 16, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty	98 min
Jul 16, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	28 min
Jul 16, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	43 min
Jul 16, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon	58 min
Jul 16, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		94 min
Jul 16, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jul 16, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin	116 min
Jul 16, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	28 min
Jul 16, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	28 min
Jul 16, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Jul 16, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	37 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.