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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 6, 2024Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 6, 2024, 11:16 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2024, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
14 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 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

476 
WHUS42 KTAE 061616
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1216 PM EDT Sat Apr 6 2024

FLZ112-114-070600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0031.240406T1616Z-240407T0600Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1216 PM EDT Sat Apr 6 2024 /1116 AM CDT Sat Apr 6 2024/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay County Beaches and State Park Beaches and West 
  facing 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.

&&

$$

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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.