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Rip Current Statement 131, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 4, 2023Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 4, 2023, 3:32 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 2023, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
Expired
Dec 5, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
In force
20 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 09:30 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, 9.5 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 2023-12-04Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
1300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

915 
WHUS42 KTAE 040932
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
432 AM EST Mon Dec 4 2023

FLZ108-112-114-050600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0131.231204T0932Z-231205T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
432 AM EST Mon Dec 4 2023 /332 AM CST Mon Dec 4 2023/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through late Monday night.

* 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
Dec 3, 8:07 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryTAE11 hr
Dec 3, 10:58 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more9 hr

Nearby

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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.