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Rip Current Statement 101, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 1, 2020Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 1, 2020, 11:35 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2020, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 2020, 3:00 AM CST
In force
15 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 17:35 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, 5.6 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 2020-12-01Temperature 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 2020-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -183 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
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

283 
WHUS42 KTAE 011735
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1235 PM EST Tue Dec 1 2020

FLZ114-020900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0101.201201T1735Z-201202T0900Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1235 PM EST Tue Dec 1 2020 /1135 AM CST Tue Dec 1 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR WEST
FACING BEACHES IN GULF COUNTY...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...West-facing Gulf 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
Dec 1, 1:43 AM CSTFreeze WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more30 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020

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.