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Rip Current Statement 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 23, 2023Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 23, 2023, 10:42 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2023, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

537 
WHUS42 KTAE 231542
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1142 AM EDT Wed Aug 23 2023

FLZ108-240600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0095.230823T1542Z-230824T0600Z/
South Walton-
1042 AM CDT Wed Aug 23 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton 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 23, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden43 min
Aug 23, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson42 min
Aug 23, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington51 min
Aug 23, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE97 min
Aug 23, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton44 min
Aug 23, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay45 min
Aug 23, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay31 min
Aug 23, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Aug 23, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay36 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.