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Rip Current Statement 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 5, 2024, 5:24 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2024, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 1273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
267 WHUS42 KTAE 051024 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 624 AM EDT Mon Aug 5 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-051830- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0063.240805T1024Z-240807T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 624 AM EDT Mon Aug 5 2024 /524 AM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
704 WHUS42 KTAE 060802 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 402 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-061615- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-240807T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 402 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024 /302 AM CDT Tue Aug 6 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
468 WHUS42 KTAE 061624 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1224 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024 FLZ108-061730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-240807T0600Z/ South Walton- 1124 AM CDT Tue Aug 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Walton County is currently flying yellow flags today. Surf heights should be around 1 foot today. Waves around 1 foot with a longer period of 7 to 8 seconds will be possible through the early afternoon. Beach goers should pay attention to local flags and officials in case conditions change. $$ FLZ112-114-115-070600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-240807T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1224 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024 /1124 AM CDT Tue Aug 6 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 11 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 18 hr | |
| Aug 5, 8:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 46 min |
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.