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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 7, 2024, 2:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 7, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2024, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 07:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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
- 1595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1332 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
153 WHUS42 KTAE 070702 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 302 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 FLZ112-114-115-071515- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0042.240507T1300Z-240508T0200Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 302 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 /202 AM CDT Tue May 7 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...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
858 WHUS42 KTAE 071514 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1114 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 FLZ108-080200- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-240508T0200Z/ South Walton- 1014 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-114-115-080200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-240508T0200Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1114 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 /1014 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:04 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 92 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.