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Rip Current Statement 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 29, 2024Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 29, 2024, 2:53 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 29, 2024, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2024, 2:53 AM CST (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 30, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 348 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 00:00Z on 2024-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 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 00:00Z on 2024-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 381 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1262 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
115 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
381 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

As transmitted.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
289 
WHUS42 KTAE 291613
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1113 AM EST Fri Nov 29 2024

FLZ114-301200-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-241130T1200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1113 AM EST Fri Nov 29 2024 /1013 AM CST Fri Nov 29 2024/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...All Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 1:48 AM CSTFreeze WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington30 hr
Nov 29, 2:06 AM CSTFreeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more32 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.