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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 22, 2024, 2:10 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 22, 2024, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2024, 2:10 AM CST (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2024, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2024, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 43 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 08:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
314 WHUS42 KTAE 220810 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 310 AM EST Thu Feb 22 2024 FLZ108-112-114-221615- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0013.240222T1500Z-240223T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 310 AM EST Thu Feb 22 2024 /210 AM CST Thu Feb 22 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ this morning through this evening. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
529 WHUS42 KTAE 221649 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1149 AM EST Thu Feb 22 2024 FLZ108-112-114-230300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240223T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1149 AM EST Thu Feb 22 2024 /1049 AM CST Thu Feb 22 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
293 WHUS42 KTAE 230243 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 943 PM EST Thu Feb 22 2024 FLZ115-231530- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240224T1000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 943 PM EST Thu Feb 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf is expected to increase to at least 2 ft in response to a cold front moving through. 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-231530- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240224T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 943 PM EST Thu Feb 22 2024 /843 PM CST Thu Feb 22 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Continued elevated onshore winds ahead of a cold front, followed by breezy post-frontal winds prompted the extension of the existing Rip Current Statement through Friday night. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
636 WHUS42 KTAE 230652 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 152 AM EST Fri Feb 23 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-232100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240224T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 152 AM EST Fri Feb 23 2024 /1252 AM CST Fri Feb 23 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday 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. && $$
102 WHUS42 KTAE 231637 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1137 AM EST Fri Feb 23 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-240045- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240224T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1137 AM EST Fri Feb 23 2024 /1037 AM CST Fri Feb 23 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
300 WHUS42 KTAE 241006 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 506 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2024 FLZ108-112-114-241815- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240224T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0014.240224T1006Z-240225T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 506 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2024 /406 AM CST Sat Feb 24 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, 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. && $$ FLZ115-241115- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240224T1000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 506 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The high rip current risk has expired. $$
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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.