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Rip Current Statement 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 13, 2021Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 13, 2021, 1:08 AM CDT for Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2021, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 510 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

597 
WHUS42 KTAE 130608
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
208 AM EDT Mon Sep 13 2021

FLZ108-140600-
/O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0083.000000T0000Z-210913T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0084.210913T0608Z-210914T0600Z/
South Walton-
108 AM CDT Mon Sep 13 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton 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.

&&

$$

FLZ112-114-130715-
/O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0083.000000T0000Z-210913T0600Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
208 AM EDT Mon Sep 13 2021 /108 AM CDT Mon Sep 13 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

$$
1 follow-up statement
750 
WHUS42 KTAE 131601
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1201 PM EDT Mon Sep 13 2021

FLZ114-140600-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0084.000000T0000Z-210914T0600Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1201 PM EDT Mon Sep 13 2021 /1101 AM CDT Mon Sep 13 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-140600-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0084.000000T0000Z-210914T0600Z/
South Walton-
1101 AM CDT Mon Sep 13 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton 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.

&&

$$

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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.