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Rip Current Statement 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 4, 2024, 1:44 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 4, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2024, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2024, 3:06 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 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 06:45 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, 6.7 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
- 763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
679 WHUS42 KTAE 040644 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 244 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-050800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0040.240504T1200Z-240506T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 244 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024 /144 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late Sunday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
339 WHUS42 KTAE 050654 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 254 AM EDT Sun May 5 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-061000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-240506T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 254 AM EDT Sun May 5 2024 /154 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
493 WHUS42 KTAE 060806 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 406 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 FLZ114-115-061615- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-240506T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0041.240506T1200Z-240507T0200Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 406 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024 /306 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-060915- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-240506T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 306 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The high risk of rip currents is cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 25 min |
| May 4, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 34 min |
| May 4, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 44 min |
| May 4, 1:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 110 min |
| May 4, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 48 min |
| May 4, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 50 min |
| May 4, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 33 min |
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 45 min |
| May 4, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 58 min |
| May 4, 2:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie | 101 min |
| May 4, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 24 min |
| May 4, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 44 min |
| May 4, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 33 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.