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Rip Current Statement 87, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 10, 2023, 3:41 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 10, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2023, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 10, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 3565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 18.4
The text
As transmitted.
096 WHUS42 KTAE 100841 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 441 AM EDT Thu Aug 10 2023 FLZ112-114-110600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0087.230810T1200Z-230811T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 441 AM EDT Thu Aug 10 2023 /341 AM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
680 WHUS42 KTAE 101544 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1144 AM EDT Thu Aug 10 2023 FLZ108-110600- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0087.000000T0000Z-230811T0600Z/ South Walton- 1044 AM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-114-110600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0087.000000T0000Z-230811T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1144 AM EDT Thu Aug 10 2023 /1044 AM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning 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 10, 3:46 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 10:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 10:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 11:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 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.