Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 3, 2024, 5:58 PM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2024, 5:58 PM CST (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2024, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 54 hr
- 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 00:01 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 12:00Z, 12.0 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
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358 WHUS42 KTAE 032358 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 658 PM EST Sat Feb 3 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-050900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0009.240203T2358Z-240205T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 658 PM EST Sat Feb 3 2024 /558 PM CST Sat Feb 3 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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. && $$ DVD
6 follow-up statements
736 WHUS42 KTAE 040835 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 335 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-042045- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240205T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 335 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 /235 AM CST Sun Feb 4 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
190 WHUS42 KTAE 041630 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1130 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 FLZ115-050000- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.240204T1630Z-240205T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240205T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1130 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 6 to 8 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 PM EST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-050000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240205T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1130 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 /1030 AM CST Sun Feb 4 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
864 WHUS42 KTAE 042039 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 339 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 FLZ115-050200- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240205T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240205T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 339 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 6 to 8 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 PM EST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-050200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240205T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 339 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 /239 PM CST Sun Feb 4 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
714 WHUS42 KTAE 050048 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 748 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-050900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240205T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 748 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2024 /648 PM CST Sun Feb 4 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ Monday. * 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. && $$ DVD
191 WHUS42 KTAE 050801 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 301 AM EST Mon Feb 5 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-051615- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240206T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 301 AM EST Mon Feb 5 2024 /201 AM CST Mon Feb 5 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
676 WHUS42 KTAE 051715 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1215 PM EST Mon Feb 5 2024 FLZ108-112-114-115-060115- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240206T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1215 PM EST Mon Feb 5 2024 /1115 AM CST Mon Feb 5 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:38 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 35 hr | |
| Feb 3, 3:38 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 44 hr | |
| Feb 3, 3:40 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:58 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 21 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.