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Rip Current Statement 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 7, 2023, 3:04 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 7, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2023, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 7, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 08:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 2772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
485 WHUS42 KTAE 070804 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 404 AM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023 FLZ114-080000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0084.230807T1800Z-230808T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 404 AM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023 /304 AM CDT Mon Aug 7 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights are forecast to be around 2 feet for west facing beaches along the 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
573 WHUS42 KTAE 070814 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 414 AM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023 FLZ114-080000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0084.230807T1800Z-230808T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 414 AM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023 /314 AM CDT Mon Aug 7 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights are forecast to be around 2 feet for state park and west facing beaches along the peninsula. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:13 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:02 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Jefferson | 43 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.