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Rip Current Statement 110, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 7, 2023Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 7, 2023, 10:42 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2023, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
16 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 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 348 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2023-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

368 
WHUS42 KTAE 071542
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1142 AM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023

FLZ114-080800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0110.231007T1542Z-231008T0800Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1142 AM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023 /1042 AM CDT Sat Oct 7 2023/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...State Park and West-facing beaches of Gulf County.

* 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.