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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 29, 2024, 1:44 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2024, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2024, 10:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 06:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 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
- 3025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
577 WHUS42 KTAE 290644 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 244 AM EDT Fri Mar 29 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-291800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0029.240329T0644Z-240329T1800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 244 AM EDT Fri Mar 29 2024 /144 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights are expected to fall below 2 feet later this afternoon, reducing the rip current risk to moderate. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
567 WHUS42 KTAE 291508 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1108 AM EDT Fri Mar 29 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-291615- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-240329T1800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1108 AM EDT Fri Mar 29 2024 /1008 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 65 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.