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Rip Current Statement 98, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 20234 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2023, 2:47 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 1, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2023, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 1, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 2, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
22 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 07:50 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, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2023-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

340 
WHUS42 KTAE 010747
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
347 AM EDT Fri Sep 1 2023

FLZ108-112-114-115-020600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0098.230901T0800Z-230902T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
347 AM EDT Fri Sep 1 2023 /247 AM CDT Fri Sep 1 2023/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin 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
Sep 1, 7:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEFranklin, Wakulla119 min
Sep 1, 9:52 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE113 min
Sep 1, 10:34 AM CDTFlood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more11 hr
Sep 1, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson69 min
Sep 1, 1:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJackson, Washington2 hr
Sep 1, 1:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEWashington114 min
Sep 1, 2:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELafayette, Taylor117 min
Sep 1, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison39 min
Sep 1, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Sep 1, 2:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor3 hr
Sep 1, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE87 min
Sep 1, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson50 min
Sep 1, 5:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJackson2 hr
Sep 1, 5:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJackson89 min
Sep 1, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun48 min
Sep 1, 6:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECalhoun7 min
Sep 1, 6:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTAECalhoun66 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.