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Rip Current Statement 91, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 3, 2021Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 3, 2021, 11:14 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2021, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
36 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 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 2021-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 613 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
613 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

505 
WHUS42 KTAE 031614
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1214 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

FLZ114-040015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0091.211003T1614Z-211005T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1214 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 /1114 AM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Monday 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.

&&

$$

FLZ112-040015-
/O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0090.000000T0000Z-211005T0400Z/
Coastal Bay-
1114 AM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Monday 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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-115-040015-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0090.000000T0000Z-211005T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Franklin-
1214 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 /1114 AM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Monday 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 6:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Oct 3, 7:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE91 min
Oct 3, 9:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla40 min
Oct 3, 10:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE63 min
Oct 3, 10:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEFranklin, Liberty, Wakulla110 min
Oct 3, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin43 min
Oct 3, 11:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEFranklin, Liberty, Wakulla3 hr

Nearby

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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.