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Rip Current Statement 86, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 9, 2023, 4:31 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 9, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2023, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 09:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
794 WHUS42 KTAE 090931 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 531 AM EDT Wed Aug 9 2023 FLZ112-114-100600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0086.230809T1800Z-230810T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 531 AM EDT Wed Aug 9 2023 /431 AM CDT Wed Aug 9 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
427 WHUS42 KTAE 091627 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1227 PM EDT Wed Aug 9 2023 FLZ112-091730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0086.230809T1800Z-230810T0600Z/ Coastal Bay- 1127 AM CDT Wed Aug 9 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ114-100030- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0086.230809T1800Z-230810T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1227 PM EDT Wed Aug 9 2023 /1127 AM CDT Wed Aug 9 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:47 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:55 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 38 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 45 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.