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Rip Current Statement 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 22, 2023Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 22, 2023, 10:46 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2023, 10:46 AM CDT (15:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 14 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 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 2079 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

360 
WHUS42 KTAE 221546
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1146 AM EDT Sat Jul 22 2023

FLZ112-114-230600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0080.230722T1546Z-230723T0600Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1146 AM EDT Sat Jul 22 2023 /1046 AM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* 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.


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 21, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	34 min
Jul 21, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Madison	37 min
Jul 22, 1:17 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	18 hr
Jul 22, 10:16 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		119 min
Jul 22, 11:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	34 min
Jul 22, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		54 min
Jul 22, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	35 min
Jul 22, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	45 min
Jul 22, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Walton	45 min
Jul 22, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	51 min
Jul 22, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	43 min
Jul 22, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Madison	44 min
Jul 22, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Jackson	38 min
Jul 22, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	68 min
Jul 22, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	35 min
Jul 22, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	30 min
Jul 22, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun	23 min
Jul 22, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	50 min
Jul 22, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty, Walton, Washington	30 min
Jul 22, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	24 min
Jul 22, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Jul 22, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla	43 min
Jul 22, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	36 min
Jul 22, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	29 min
Jul 22, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		86 min
Jul 22, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison, Taylor, Wakulla	37 min
Jul 22, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor, Wakulla	32 min
Jul 22, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	25 min
Jul 22, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		68 min
Jul 22, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	25 min
Jul 22, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	37 min
Jul 22, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		52 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.