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Rip Current Statement 48, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 28, 2024, 10:31 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2024, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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, 3.5 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
- 390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted.
042 WHUS42 KTAE 281531 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1131 AM EDT Tue May 28 2024 FLZ108-112-114-290200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0048.240528T1531Z-240529T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1131 AM EDT Tue May 28 2024 /1031 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ 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 28, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 49 min |
| May 28, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 41 min |
| May 28, 1:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 2 hr |
| May 28, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 18 min |
| May 28, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Wakulla | 54 min |
| May 28, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 87 min |
| May 28, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| May 28, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 56 min |
| May 28, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 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.