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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 20, 2024Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 20, 2024, 12:43 PM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2024, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
12 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 17:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 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 2024-03-20Temperature 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 2024-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

441 
WHUS42 KTAE 201743
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
143 PM EDT Wed Mar 20 2024

FLZ114-210600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0027.240320T1743Z-240321T0600Z/
Coastal Gulf-
143 PM EDT Wed Mar 20 2024 /1243 PM CDT Wed Mar 20 2024/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A high risk of rip currents along the St.
  Joseph State Park Beaches.

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.