Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 89, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 18, 2024, 1:55 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2024, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 2177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
670 WHUS42 KTAE 180655 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 255 AM EDT Fri Oct 18 2024 FLZ115-190900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0089.241018T0655Z-241021T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 255 AM EDT Fri Oct 18 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-190900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0089.241019T0900Z-241020T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 255 AM EDT Fri Oct 18 2024 /155 AM CDT Fri Oct 18 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and South-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
5 follow-up statements
797 WHUS42 KTAE 190639 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 239 AM EDT Sat Oct 19 2024 FLZ115-200900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-241021T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 239 AM EDT Sat Oct 19 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-200900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0089.241019T0900Z-241020T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 239 AM EDT Sat Oct 19 2024 /139 AM CDT Sat Oct 19 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and South-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ early this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
342 WHUS42 KTAE 200624 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 224 AM EDT Sun Oct 20 2024 FLZ108-112-114-200730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-241020T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 224 AM EDT Sun Oct 20 2024 /124 AM CDT Sun Oct 20 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ115-210900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-241021T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 224 AM EDT Sun Oct 20 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
057 WHUS42 KTAE 201531 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1131 AM EDT Sun Oct 20 2024 FLZ114-210900- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-241021T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1131 AM EDT Sun Oct 20 2024 /1031 AM CDT Sun Oct 20 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$ FLZ115-210900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-241021T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1131 AM EDT Sun Oct 20 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
809 WHUS42 KTAE 210542 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 142 AM EDT Mon Oct 21 2024 FLZ115-211800- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-241022T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 142 AM EDT Mon Oct 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$ FLZ114-210900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-241021T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 142 AM EDT Mon Oct 21 2024 /1242 AM CDT Mon Oct 21 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
866 WHUS42 KTAE 220556 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 156 AM EDT Tue Oct 22 2024 FLZ115-221400- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-241023T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 156 AM EDT Tue Oct 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 1:52 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 56 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.