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Rip Current Statement 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 1:48 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 30 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:06 AM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 32 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.