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Rip Current Statement 103, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 31, 20244 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 31, 2024, 4:02 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 2024, 4:02 AM CST (10:02 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2025, 3:00 AM CST
In force
23 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 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 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 2024-12-31Temperature 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 2024-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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.

&&

$$

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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.