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Rip Current Statement 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 14, 2024, 10:58 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2024, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 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
- 802 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
078 WHUS42 KTAE 141558 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1158 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 FLZ112-114-150300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0080.240914T1600Z-240915T0300Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1158 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2024 /1058 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 1:31 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 1 more | 41 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Sep 14, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Sep 14, 7:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Walton | 107 min |
| Sep 14, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Sep 14, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Sep 14, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 112 min |
| Sep 14, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 43 min |
| Sep 14, 4:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 2 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.