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Rip Current Statement 90, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 15, 2023, 10:19 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2023, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
759 WHUS42 KTAE 151519 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1119 AM EDT Tue Aug 15 2023 FLZ114-160100- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0090.230815T1519Z-230816T0100Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1119 AM EDT Tue Aug 15 2023 /1019 AM CDT Tue Aug 15 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Saint Joseph State Park in Gulf County. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ 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 14, 7:03 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:50 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 31 min | |
| Aug 15, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 11:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 1:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 57 min |
| Aug 15, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 95 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.