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Rip Current Statement 93, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 25, 2019Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 25, 2019, 9:59 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2019, 9:59 AM CST (15:59 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 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 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 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 12:00Z on 2019-11-25Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2019-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

395 
WHUS42 KTAE 251559
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1059 AM EST Mon Nov 25 2019

...A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED AT GULF COUNTY
BEACHES...

.Light winds will become southerly this afternoon. Surf will be
around 1 foot. Gulf County beaches are flying red flags today.

FLZ114-260000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0093.191125T1559Z-191126T0000Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1059 AM EST Mon Nov 25 2019 /959 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2019/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip
Current Risk, which is in effect until 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ this
evening. 

* TIMING...through sunset

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

There is a high risk of rip currents.

Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away
from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the
sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties
and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and
signs.

If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain
calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for
help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to
shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to
swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. 

&&

$$

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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.