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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 19, 2024, 2:28 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 19, 2024, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2024, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1312 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
421 WHUS42 KTAE 190828 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 328 AM EST Fri Jan 19 2024 FLZ108-112-114-201200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0005.240119T1200Z-240120T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 328 AM EST Fri Jan 19 2024 /228 AM CST Fri Jan 19 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights around 2 to 3 feet. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
995 WHUS42 KTAE 191706 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1206 PM EST Fri Jan 19 2024 FLZ108-112-191815- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240120T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1106 AM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... There remains a moderate risk of rip currents at South Walton and Panama City Beach. $$ FLZ114-201200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240120T1200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1206 PM EST Fri Jan 19 2024 /1106 AM CST Fri Jan 19 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights around 2 to 3 feet. 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. && $$
703 WHUS42 KTAE 200717 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 217 AM EST Sat Jan 20 2024 FLZ114-201200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240120T1200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 217 AM EST Sat Jan 20 2024 /117 AM CST Sat Jan 20 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County West-Facing Beaches. * WHEN...Until 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:40 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:41 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 36 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.