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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 24, 2024Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 24, 2024, 4:06 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2024, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2024, 12:00 AM CST
In force
20 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 10:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 10.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2024-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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.