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Rip Current Statement 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 25, 2024Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2024, 10:15 AM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

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Issued
May 25, 2024, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Bay County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 667 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

195 
WHUS42 KTAE 251515
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1115 AM EDT Sat May 25 2024

FLZ112-260900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0046.240525T1515Z-240526T0900Z/
Coastal Bay-
1015 AM CDT Sat May 25 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Based on coordination with beach safety
  officials, Bay County beaches are flying single red flags today.

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.