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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 9, 2023Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 9, 2023, 10:53 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2023, 10:53 AM CST (16:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
In force
13 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 16:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 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 2023-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2023-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1373 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

499 
WHUS42 KTAE 091653
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1153 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2023

FLZ114-100600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0020.230309T1653Z-230310T0600Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1153 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2023 /1053 AM CST Thu Mar 9 2023/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches including South Saint Joseph 
  Peninsula and Indian Pass Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...At this time, North St. Joseph Peninsula,
  including Rish Park and T.H. Stone St. Joseph Peninsula State
  Park are flying YELLOW FLAGS. Pay close attention to local 
  officials making any changes to flags flying at the beaches this
  afternoon.

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.