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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 11, 2025Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 11, 2025, 10:22 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2025, 10:22 AM CST (16:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 12, 2025, 3:00 AM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 291 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2025-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2025-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 457 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
516 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

858 
WHUS42 KTAE 111622
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1122 AM EST Tue Feb 11 2025

FLZ108-120900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.250211T1622Z-250212T0900Z/
South Walton-
1022 AM CST Tue Feb 11 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton 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
616 
WHUS42 KTAE 120906
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
406 AM EST Wed Feb 12 2025

FLZ108-121715-
/O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250212T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0008.250212T1200Z-250213T0700Z/
South Walton-
306 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton 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.

&&

$$

FLZ112-114-115-121715-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0008.250212T1200Z-250213T0700Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
406 AM EST Wed Feb 12 2025 /306 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 2:08 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Wakulla, Walton and 1 more7 hr
Feb 11, 2:13 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryTAE50 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.