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Rip Current Statement 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 17, 2023, 4:25 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 17, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2023, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2023, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
703 WHUS42 KTAE 170925 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 525 AM EDT Mon Jul 17 2023 FLZ114-180500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0079.230717T1200Z-230718T0500Z/ Coastal Gulf- 525 AM EDT Mon Jul 17 2023 /425 AM CDT Mon Jul 17 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...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 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 69 min | |
| Jul 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 16, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Jul 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Jul 17, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| Jul 17, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 28 min | |
| Jul 17, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 23 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.