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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 8, 2024, 4:21 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 8, 2024, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2024, 4:21 AM CST (10:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 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 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
185 WHUS42 KTAE 081021 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 521 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-110000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0024.240308T1800Z-240311T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 521 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 /421 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 PM EST /noon CST/ this afternoon through Sunday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
304 WHUS42 KTAE 090830 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 330 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-100000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240311T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 330 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2024 /230 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 PM EST /noon CST/ this afternoon through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
483 WHUS42 KTAE 100833 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 433 AM EDT Sun Mar 10 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-110000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240311T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 433 AM EDT Sun Mar 10 2024 /333 AM CDT Sun Mar 10 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 PM EST /noon CST/ this afternoon through Sunday 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 5:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 5:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 35 min |
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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.