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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 11, 2024Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this high surf advisory at Jan 11, 2024, 1:58 PM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 12, 2024, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2024, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2024, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 13, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 21 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 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Jan 11, 11:57 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 11:57 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 11, 12:23 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 1:55 PM CST, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 8:37 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	4 days
Jan 11, 1:57 AM CST	Gale Watch	TAE		25 hr
Jan 11, 1:57 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		67 hr
Jan 11, 1:57 PM CST	Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more	30 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.