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Rip Current Statement 78, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 5, 2024Franklin County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 5, 2024, 3:34 AM EDT for Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2024, 3:34 AM EDT (07:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 352 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 00:00Z on 2024-09-05Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2024-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 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.

900 
WHUS42 KTAE 050734
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
334 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2024

FLZ108-115-060000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0078.240905T0734Z-240906T0000Z/
South Walton-Coastal Franklin-
334 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2024 /234 AM CDT Thu Sep 5 2024/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin30 min
Sep 4, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Sep 4, 11:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDixie116 min
Sep 5, 2:46 PM EDTFlood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 3 more53 hr
Sep 5, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDixie2 hr
Sep 5, 6:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Gulf113 min
Sep 5, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min

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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.