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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 9, 2020Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 9, 2020, 9:43 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2020, 9:43 AM CDT (14:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2020, 7:56 PM CDT
In force
10 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 14:44 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, 2.7 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 2020-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2020-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

278 
WHUS42 KTAE 091443
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1043 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020

FLZ114-092245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0030.200409T1443Z-200410T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1043 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 /943 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The persistent, brisk, and direct onshore
  will lead to a high risk of rip currents.

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
899 
WHUS42 KTAE 100056
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
856 PM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020

FLZ114-100200-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-200410T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-
856 PM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 /756 PM CDT Thu Apr 9 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...


$$

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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.