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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 4, 2024Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 4, 2024, 11:18 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2024, 11:18 AM CST (17:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2024, 9:00 PM CST
In force
10 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 17:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2024-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 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 12:00Z on 2024-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

307 
WHUS42 KTAE 041718
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1218 PM EST Mon Mar 4 2024

FLZ108-050300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0022.240304T1718Z-240305T0300Z/
South Walton-
1118 AM CST Mon Mar 4 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Morning beach cams show some elevated surf
  where single red flags are currently flying at Walton County 
  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.

&&

$$

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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.