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Rip Current Statement 81, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 23, 2023, 3:48 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2023, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2023, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
179 WHUS42 KTAE 230848 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 448 AM EDT Sun Jul 23 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-240600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0081.230723T0848Z-230724T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 448 AM EDT Sun Jul 23 2023 /348 AM CDT Sun Jul 23 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
299 WHUS42 KTAE 231915 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 315 PM EDT Sun Jul 23 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-240915- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0081.000000T0000Z-230725T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 315 PM EDT Sun Jul 23 2023 /215 PM CDT Sun Jul 23 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...On Sunday afternoon, the buoy about 100 miles south of Panama City Beach was observing 4-foot southwesterly wave heights, with a dominant wave period of 6 seconds. These waves will spread toward the Emerald and Forgotten Coasts, bringing a high risk of rip currents through Monday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
351 WHUS42 KTAE 240900 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 500 AM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-250400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0081.000000T0000Z-230725T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 500 AM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023 /400 AM CDT Mon Jul 24 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday 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 23, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 23, 6:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Gulf | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gulf | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 7:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 23, 7:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 23, 9:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 9:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Jul 23, 9:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 10:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 81 min |
| Jul 23, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Jul 23, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Jul 23, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 89 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.