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Rip Current Statement 93, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 20, 2023, 3:41 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Aug 20, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2023, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 20, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2023, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 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 360 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
806 WHUS42 KTAE 200841 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 441 AM EDT Sun Aug 20 2023 FLZ115-210900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0093.230820T1600Z-230822T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 441 AM EDT Sun Aug 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT today through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...East winds will be increasing through today and this evening, bringing a corresponding building of surf heights starting this afternoon. Rip current risk will start off moderate this morning but then become high this afternoon through Monday. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
838 WHUS42 KTAE 210715 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 315 AM EDT Mon Aug 21 2023 FLZ108-112-114-220300- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0093.000000T0000Z-230822T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 315 AM EDT Mon Aug 21 2023 /215 AM CDT Mon Aug 21 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-220300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0093.000000T0000Z-230822T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 315 AM EDT Mon Aug 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...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. && $$
747 WHUS42 KTAE 220032 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 832 PM EDT Mon Aug 21 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-220700- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0093.000000T0000Z-230822T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 832 PM EDT Mon Aug 21 2023 /732 PM CDT Mon Aug 21 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT /2 AM CDT/ TUESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 3 AM EDT /2 AM CDT/ Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
054 WHUS42 KTAE 220713 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 313 AM EDT Tue Aug 22 2023 FLZ108-112-114-115-230200- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0093.000000T0000Z-230822T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0094.230822T0713Z-230823T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 313 AM EDT Tue Aug 22 2023 /213 AM CDT Tue Aug 22 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...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 20, 3:36 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 35 hr | |
| Aug 20, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Aug 20, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 82 min | |
| Aug 20, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 28 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.