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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 2, 2024, 3:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 2, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2024, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2024, 10:23 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 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 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 2268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
692 WHUS42 KTAE 020802 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 402 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-021615- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-240502T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0039.240502T1300Z-240503T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 402 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024 /302 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ this morning through this evening. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
296 WHUS42 KTAE 021338 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 938 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024 FLZ114-115-021445- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-240503T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 938 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024 /838 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Based on reports from St. Joseph Peninsula State Park officials and downward trends in surf forecasts, the high rip current risk has decreased to moderate for Gulf and Franklin County beaches. $$ FLZ108-112-022145- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-240503T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 838 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ this morning through this evening. * 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. && $$
067 WHUS42 KTAE 021523 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1123 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024 FLZ108-112-021630- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-240503T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1023 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... According to beach patrol officials in Walton and Bay Counties, yellow flags are flying at the beaches, and the rip current risk has been lowered to moderate. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:51 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 6 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.