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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 5, 2024, 2:06 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 5, 2024, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2024, 2:06 AM CST (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 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 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
767 WHUS42 KTAE 050806 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 306 AM EST Tue Mar 5 2024 FLZ108-112-114-061000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0023.240305T1200Z-240307T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 306 AM EST Tue Mar 5 2024 /206 AM CST Tue Mar 5 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning through late Wednesday 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. && $$ FLZ115-060900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0023.240305T1200Z-240306T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 306 AM EST Tue Mar 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
189 WHUS42 KTAE 060752 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 252 AM EST Wed Mar 6 2024 FLZ115-061500- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-240306T1500Z/ Coastal Franklin- 252 AM EST Wed Mar 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning. * 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-062000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-240307T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 252 AM EST Wed Mar 6 2024 /152 AM CST Wed Mar 6 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
365 WHUS42 KTAE 070829 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 329 AM EST Thu Mar 7 2024 FLZ114-070930- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-240307T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 329 AM EST Thu Mar 7 2024 /229 AM CST Thu Mar 7 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... A moderate rip current is expected today for the Gulf county beaches. $$ FLZ108-112-080000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-240308T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 229 AM CST Thu Mar 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2:05 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 18 hr | |
| Mar 5, 7:10 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Mar 5, 8:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Mar 5, 9:17 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 6 hr | |
| Mar 5, 9:17 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 9 hr | |
| Mar 5, 9:23 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Mar 5, 2:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 86 min |
| Mar 5, 2:27 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:23 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 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.