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Rip Current Statement 68, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 18, 2024, 2:35 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 18, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2024, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 1899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
200 WHUS42 KTAE 180735 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 335 AM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 FLZ115-180845- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0067.000000T0000Z-240818T0800Z/ Coastal Franklin- 335 AM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ FLZ114-190800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0068.240818T1700Z-240819T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf- 335 AM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 /235 AM CDT Sun Aug 18 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...State Park Beaches of Gulf County. * WHEN...From 1 PM EDT /noon CDT/ this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Breezy onshore southwest to west winds are forecast to produce 2-ft surf heights and high rip current risk for the State Park beaches of Gulf County this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 12:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Madison | 72 hr |
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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.