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Rip Current Statement 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 29, 2024Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2024, 10:22 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

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Issued
May 29, 2024, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 291 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 2024-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2024-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -92 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

402 
WHUS42 KTAE 291522
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1122 AM EDT Wed May 29 2024

FLZ108-292330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0049.240529T1522Z-240530T0600Z/
South Walton-
1022 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton 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.

&&

$$

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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.