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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 18, 2024, 12:41 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 18, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2024, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 363 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted.
707 WHUS42 KTAE 180541 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 141 AM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024 FLZ112-114-190900- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-240318T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0026.240318T1700Z-240319T1600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 141 AM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024 /1241 AM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 PM EDT /noon CDT/ this afternoon through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Increasing northwest winds this afternoon will support development of a high risk of rip currents along the southwest- and west-facing beaches of Gulf and Bay Counties. 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. && $$ FLZ108-180645- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-240318T0900Z/ South Walton- 1241 AM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Offshore buoy observations indicating 1-foot wave heights do not support a continuation of the high rip current risk for Walton County beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 59 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.