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Rip Current Statement 109, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 6, 2023Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 6, 2023, 1:58 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 7, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2023, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 7, 2023, 1:28 AM CDT
In force
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 06:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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 00:00Z on 2023-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2023-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

717 
WHUS42 KTAE 060658
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
258 AM EDT Fri Oct 6 2023

FLZ115-060800-
/O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0108.000000T0000Z-231006T0700Z/
Coastal Franklin-
258 AM EDT Fri Oct 6 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

$$

FLZ114-061600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0109.231007T1200Z-231008T1200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
258 AM EDT Fri Oct 6 2023 /158 AM CDT Fri Oct 6 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf County West-Facing Beaches.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Sunday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
993 
WHUS42 KTAE 070628
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
228 AM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023

FLZ114-070730-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0109.231007T1200Z-231008T1200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
228 AM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023 /128 AM CDT Sat Oct 7 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

Conditions are no longer expected to be conducive to a high risk
of rip currents.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 1:53 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE56 hr

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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.