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Rip Current Statement 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 7, 2024, 4:06 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 72 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2024, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 72 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 363 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
- 320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
844 WHUS42 KTAE 070906 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 506 AM EDT Wed Aug 7 2024 FLZ112-114-071715- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0064.240807T0906Z-240808T1200Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 506 AM EDT Wed Aug 7 2024 /406 AM CDT Wed Aug 7 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Breezy onshore west to southwest winds are forecast to produce 2-3-ft surf heights and high rip current risk. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
449 WHUS42 KTAE 080839 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 439 AM EDT Thu Aug 8 2024 FLZ112-114-081645- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0064.000000T0000Z-240810T0900Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 439 AM EDT Thu Aug 8 2024 /339 AM CDT Thu Aug 8 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The Rip Current Statement has been extended into early Saturday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 11:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie, Taylor | 4 days |
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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.