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Rip Current Statement 94, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 28, 2024, 10:21 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2024, 10:21 AM CST (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2024, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
862 WHUS42 KTAE 281621 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1121 AM EST Thu Nov 28 2024 FLZ108-112-114-291000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0094.241128T1621Z-241129T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1121 AM EST Thu Nov 28 2024 /1021 AM CST Thu Nov 28 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and all 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
082 WHUS42 KTAE 290853 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 353 AM EST Fri Nov 29 2024 FLZ114-301200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0095.241129T1200Z-241130T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0094.000000T0000Z-241129T1000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 353 AM EST Fri Nov 29 2024 /253 AM CST Fri Nov 29 2024/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...For the first High Rip Current Risk, until 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ early this morning. For the second High Rip Current Risk, from 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-291000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0094.000000T0000Z-241129T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 253 AM CST Fri Nov 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 4 AM CST early this morning. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 8:42 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 46 min |
| Nov 28, 1:22 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 12 hr |
| Nov 28, 1:24 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 44 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.