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Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 16, 2024, 1:34 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 16, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2024, 1:34 AM CDT (06:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 317 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
- 2037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
393 WHUS42 KTAE 160634 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 234 AM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024 FLZ108-112-161800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0033.240416T1500Z-240417T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 134 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM CDT 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
873 WHUS42 KTAE 170123 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 923 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024 FLZ108-112-170900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-240417T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 823 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.