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Rip Current Statement 100, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 14, 2019Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 14, 2019, 12:57 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 14, 2019, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2019, 12:57 AM CST (06:57 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2019, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 14, 2019, 11:00 PM CST
In force
20 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 06:57 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2019-12-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2019-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

320 
WHUS42 KTAE 140657
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
157 AM EST Sat Dec 14 2019

FLZ114-150500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0100.191214T0900Z-191215T0500Z/
Coastal Gulf-
157 AM EST Sat Dec 14 2019 /1257 AM CST Sat Dec 14 2019/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR GULF
COUNTY BEACHES NORTH OF THE ROCKS...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches north of the rocks.

* 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 7:08 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE82 min
Dec 13, 7:38 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE52 min
Dec 13, 8:21 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE84 min
Dec 13, 9:37 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE83 min
Dec 13, 10:06 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Dec 13, 10:57 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE33 min
Dec 13, 11:29 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE91 min
Dec 14, 1:00 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Dec 14, 1:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie44 min

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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.