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Rip Current Statement 75, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 3, 2020Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 3, 2020, 11:25 AM CDT for Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2020, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 39 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 nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2020-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 672 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 12:00Z on 2020-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

097 
WHUS42 KTAE 031625
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1225 PM EDT Thu Sep 3 2020

FLZ108-114-040200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0075.200903T1625Z-200904T0200Z/
South Walton-Coastal Gulf-
1225 PM EDT Thu Sep 3 2020 /1125 AM CDT Thu Sep 3 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ 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.

&&

$$

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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.