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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 17, 2024, 11:01 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2024, 11:01 AM CDT (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 1719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
985 WHUS42 KTAE 171601 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1201 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024 FLZ112-180900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0034.240417T1601Z-240420T0900Z/ Coastal Bay- 1101 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS....Morning collaboration with the Bay County Beach Safety Director and anticipated increase in hazardous conditions later this afternoon into the weekend despite favorable weather, it was decided to issue a pre-emptive Rip Current Statement. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
340 WHUS42 KTAE 180711 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 311 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024 FLZ112-181515- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240420T0900Z/ Coastal Bay- 211 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
608 WHUS42 KTAE 181537 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1137 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024 FLZ108-182345- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240420T0900Z/ South Walton- 1037 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * 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. && $$ FLZ112-182345- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240420T0900Z/ Coastal Bay- 1037 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
900 WHUS42 KTAE 190658 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 258 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024 FLZ114-191900- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240420T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 258 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024 /158 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County State Park Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-191900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240420T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 158 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
390 WHUS42 KTAE 200734 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 334 AM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024 FLZ108-112-114-210600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240421T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 334 AM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024 /234 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and 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. && $$
165 WHUS42 KTAE 201603 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1203 PM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024 FLZ108-201715- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240421T0600Z/ South Walton- 1103 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... A moderate risk of rip currents is forecast. $$ FLZ112-114-210015- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240421T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1203 PM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024 /1103 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and 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.