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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 16, 2024, 1:29 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 16, 2024, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2024, 1:29 AM CST (07:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2024, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 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 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
402 WHUS42 KTAE 160729 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 229 AM EST Tue Jan 16 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-161530- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0004.240116T1200Z-240117T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 229 AM EST Tue Jan 16 2024 /129 AM CST Tue Jan 16 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 1:36 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:40 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 16, 6:17 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min |
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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.