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Rip Current Statement 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 26, 2024Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2024-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 575 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2024-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:13 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Walton and 1 more2 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.