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Rip Current Statement 89, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 22, 2021Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 22, 2021, 11:13 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 22, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2021, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 23, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
18 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 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 2021-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 562 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 2021-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

236 
WHUS42 KTAE 221613
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1213 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021

FLZ114-231800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0089.210923T0000Z-210923T1800Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1213 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 /1113 AM CDT Wed Sep 22 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening through Thursday 
  afternoon.

* 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
Sep 22, 1:05 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE21 hr
Sep 22, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin34 min

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021

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.