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Rip Current Statement 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 14, 2024Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 802 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 1:31 AM CDTFlood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 1 more41 hr
Sep 14, 3:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE85 min
Sep 14, 4:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Sep 14, 7:13 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Walton107 min
Sep 14, 8:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Sep 14, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson44 min
Sep 14, 4:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson, Leon112 min
Sep 14, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison43 min
Sep 14, 4:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEMadison, Taylor2 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.