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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 25, 2024Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 25, 2024, 11:03 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2024, 11:03 AM CST (17:03 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2024, 10:00 PM CST
In force
11 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 17:04 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 12:00Z, 5.1 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 12:00Z on 2024-02-25Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2024-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
2010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

441 
WHUS42 KTAE 251703
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1203 PM EST Sun Feb 25 2024

FLZ108-112-114-260115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0015.240225T1703Z-240226T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1203 PM EST Sun Feb 25 2024 /1103 AM CST Sun Feb 25 2024/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ 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.

&&

$$

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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.