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Rip Current Statement 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 26, 2024, 10:22 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2024, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
078 WHUS42 KTAE 261522 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1122 AM EDT Sun May 26 2024 FLZ112-270900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0047.240526T1522Z-240527T0900Z/ Coastal Bay- 1022 AM CDT Sun May 26 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. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
158 WHUS42 KTAE 270702 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 302 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024 FLZ108-114-281000- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0047.000000T0000Z-240528T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Gulf- 302 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024 /202 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-281000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0047.000000T0000Z-240528T1000Z/ Coastal Bay- 202 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. 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 26, 6:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Walton and 1 more | 2 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.