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Rip Current Statement 88, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 11, 2023Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 11, 2023, 3:01 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 11, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2023, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 11, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 11, 2023, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 16 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 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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.

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: 1877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

As transmitted.

127 
WHUS42 KTAE 110801
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
401 AM EDT Fri Aug 11 2023

FLZ108-112-114-120200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0088.230811T1200Z-230812T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
401 AM EDT Fri Aug 11 2023 /301 AM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through this 
  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
Aug 10, 7:43 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	23 hr
Aug 11, 2:08 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	12 hr
Aug 11, 2:08 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more	17 hr
Aug 11, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	28 min
Aug 11, 11:36 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		54 min
Aug 11, 11:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	37 min
Aug 11, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	24 min
Aug 11, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	48 min
Aug 11, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	38 min
Aug 11, 1:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	66 min
Aug 11, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	48 min
Aug 11, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Aug 11, 2:20 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	29 hr
Aug 11, 2:20 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	29 hr
Aug 11, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	54 min
Aug 11, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		55 min
Aug 11, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	50 min
Aug 11, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon	41 min
Aug 11, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	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.