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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 10, 2024, 10:29 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2024, 10:29 AM CST (16:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2024, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 14 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 16:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 4.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
569 WHUS42 KTAE 101629 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1129 AM EST Sat Feb 10 2024 FLZ112-114-110030- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0011.240210T1629Z-240211T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1129 AM EST Sat Feb 10 2024 /1029 AM CST Sat Feb 10 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
960 WHUS42 KTAE 101948 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 248 PM EST Sat Feb 10 2024 FLZ115-118-127-128-134-111200- /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.Y.0003.240211T0500Z-240212T2300Z/ Coastal Franklin-Coastal Jefferson-Coastal Wakulla-Coastal Taylor- Coastal Dixie- 248 PM EST Sat Feb 10 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Coastal Franklin, Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Wakulla, Coastal Taylor and Coastal Dixie Counties. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 6 PM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Minor coastal flooding is most likely during periods of high tide. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. && $$ FLZ108-110600- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240211T0600Z/ South Walton- 148 PM CST Sat Feb 10 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Walton County beach officials switched flags to single red this afternoon. 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. && $$ FLZ112-114-110600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240211T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 248 PM EST Sat Feb 10 2024 /148 PM CST Sat Feb 10 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 6:23 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 97 min |
| Feb 10, 1:48 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 49 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.