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Rip Current Statement 89, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 12, 2023Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 12, 2023, 12:49 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 12, 2023, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2023, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2023, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2023, 12:00 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 05:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3912 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3912 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

As transmitted.

872 
WHUS42 KTAE 120549
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
149 AM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023

FLZ108-112-114-121600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0089.230812T1100Z-230813T0500Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
149 AM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023 /1249 AM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 7 AM EDT /6 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
497 
WHUS42 KTAE 121632
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1232 PM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023

FLZ108-121745-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-230813T0500Z/
South Walton-
1132 AM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

$$

FLZ112-114-130500-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-230813T0500Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1232 PM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023 /1132 AM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE116 min
Aug 11, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Walton, Washington61 min
Aug 11, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton32 min
Aug 11, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton32 min
Aug 12, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton46 min
Aug 12, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf45 min
Aug 12, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Aug 12, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton47 min
Aug 12, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf33 min
Aug 12, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin42 min
Aug 12, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf32 min
Aug 12, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton46 min
Aug 12, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
Aug 12, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf31 min
Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes61 min
Aug 12, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun35 min
Aug 12, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty33 min
Aug 12, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes39 min
Aug 12, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton, Washington46 min
Aug 12, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson41 min
Aug 12, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon39 min
Aug 12, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson39 min
Aug 12, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson37 min
Aug 12, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton47 min
Aug 12, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min
Aug 12, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson34 min
Aug 12, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson36 min
Aug 12, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon33 min
Aug 12, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon29 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.