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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 11, 2025, 1:15 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2025, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 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 06:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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
- 3443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
293 WHUS42 KTAE 110615 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 215 AM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025 FLZ108-112-114-120200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0019.250311T0615Z-250312T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 215 AM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025 /115 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
116 WHUS42 KTAE 111520 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1120 AM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025 FLZ108-111630- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-250312T0200Z/ South Walton- 1020 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Based on assessment from beach officials, the rip current risk for Walton County beaches has been downgraded to moderate. $$ FLZ112-114-112330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-250312T0200Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1120 AM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025 /1020 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:37 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 2 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.