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Rip Current Statement 93, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 2, 2020Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 2, 2020, 10:11 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

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Issued
Nov 2, 2020, 10:11 AM CST (16:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 2020, 8:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 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 2020-11-02Temperature 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 2020-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -193 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

947 
WHUS42 KTAE 021611
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1111 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2020

FLZ114-030200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0093.201102T1611Z-201103T0200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1111 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2020 /1011 AM CST Mon Nov 2 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ 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.