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Rip Current Statement 101, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 20, 2024, 3:31 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 20, 2024, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2024, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2024, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2024, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
646 WHUS42 KTAE 200931 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 431 AM EST Fri Dec 20 2024 FLZ114-211100- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0101.241220T1600Z-241221T1700Z/ Coastal Gulf- 431 AM EST Fri Dec 20 2024 /331 AM CST Fri Dec 20 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ this morning through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The development of strong northwest breezes later today through tonight will bring a high risk of rip currents to west-facing beaches of Gulf County. Conditions will improve later Saturday morning. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
653 WHUS42 KTAE 210932 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 432 AM EST Sat Dec 21 2024 FLZ114-211700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0101.000000T0000Z-241221T1700Z/ Coastal Gulf- 432 AM EST Sat Dec 21 2024 /332 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ this morning through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A high rip current risk along west-facing Gulf County beaches early this morning will decrease through he morning, thanks to an overnight wind shift from northwest to north. The high risk will end late this morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
728 WHUS42 KTAE 211654 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1154 AM EST Sat Dec 21 2024 FLZ114-212100- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0101.000000T0000Z-241221T2100Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1154 AM EST Sat Dec 21 2024 /1054 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South Facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ this afternoon. * 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. && $$
493 WHUS42 KTAE 211656 CCA CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message...CORRECTED National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1156 AM EST Sat Dec 21 2024 FLZ114-212100- /O.COR.KTAE.RP.S.0101.000000T0000Z-241221T2100Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1156 AM EST Sat Dec 21 2024 /1056 AM CST Sat Dec 21 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...West Facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:12 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 30 hr | |
| Dec 20, 12:23 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 18 min |
| Dec 20, 12:41 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.