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Rip Current Statement 48, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 28, 2024Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2024-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 390 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 2024-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden49 min
May 28, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon41 min
May 28, 1:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEGadsden, Leon2 hr
May 28, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon18 min
May 28, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Wakulla54 min
May 28, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette87 min
May 28, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
May 28, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor56 min
May 28, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie92 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.