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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 3, 2024, 10:27 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2024, 10:27 AM CST (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
919 WHUS42 KTAE 031627 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1127 AM EST Sun Mar 3 2024 FLZ108-040000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0021.240303T1627Z-240304T0000Z/ South Walton- 1027 AM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Based on red flags this morning at South Walton beaches, . 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
865 WHUS42 KTAE 031630 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1130 AM EST Sun Mar 3 2024 FLZ108-040000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240304T0000Z/ South Walton- 1030 AM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Based on coordination with area beach officials, red flags are flying at South Walton beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:01 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 42 hr | |
| Mar 3, 3:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 3:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 3:53 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 17 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.