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Rip Current Statement 83, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 30, 2024Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 30, 2024, 10:11 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 30, 2024, 10:11 AM CDT (15:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 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 2024-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

126 
WHUS42 KTAE 301511
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1111 AM EDT Mon Sep 30 2024

FLZ112-114-010200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0083.240930T1511Z-241001T0200Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1111 AM EDT Mon Sep 30 2024 /1011 AM CDT Mon Sep 30 2024/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay and St.Park Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT /9 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 30, 9:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty11 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.