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Rip Current Statement 102, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 27, 2024, 2:52 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2024, 2:52 AM CST (08:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2024, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
743 WHUS42 KTAE 270852 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 352 AM EST Fri Dec 27 2024 FLZ108-112-115-281000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0102.241227T0852Z-241228T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 352 AM EST Fri Dec 27 2024 /252 AM CST Fri Dec 27 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
873 WHUS42 KTAE 280741 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 241 AM EST Sat Dec 28 2024 FLZ114-300900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0102.000000T0000Z-241230T1000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 241 AM EST Sat Dec 28 2024 /141 AM CST Sat Dec 28 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...All Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-115-300900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0102.000000T0000Z-241230T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 241 AM EST Sat Dec 28 2024 /141 AM CST Sat Dec 28 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday 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. && $$
831 WHUS42 KTAE 290707 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 207 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-301315- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0102.000000T0000Z-241231T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 207 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024 /107 AM CST Sun Dec 29 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
053 WHUS42 KTAE 300826 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 326 AM EST Mon Dec 30 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-311000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0102.000000T0000Z-241231T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 326 AM EST Mon Dec 30 2024 /226 AM CST Mon Dec 30 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
295 WHUS42 KTAE 311002 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 502 AM EST Tue Dec 31 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-010900- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0102.000000T0000Z-241231T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0103.241231T1002Z-250101T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 502 AM EST Tue Dec 31 2024 /402 AM CST Tue Dec 31 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 10:59 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 10 hr | |
| Dec 27, 9:53 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 34 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.