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Rip Current Statement 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 10, 2024Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 10, 2024, 10:25 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2024, 10:25 AM CDT (15:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1742 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

649 
WHUS42 KTAE 101525
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1125 AM EDT Sat Aug 10 2024

FLZ114-110800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0065.240810T1525Z-240811T0800Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1125 AM EDT Sat Aug 10 2024 /1025 AM CDT Sat Aug 10 2024/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...The west-facing and State Park Beaches of Gulf County.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Breezy onshore west to southwest winds are
  forecast to produce 2-ft surf heights and high rip current risk
  for the west-facing and state park beach of Gulf County.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 8:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dixie, Levy	16 days
Aug 9, 8:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TAE	Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy	15 days
Aug 10, 1:38 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more	16 hr
Aug 10, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Aug 10, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	42 min
Aug 10, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	47 min
Aug 10, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	37 min
Aug 10, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	53 min
Aug 10, 2:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Liberty	98 min
Aug 10, 3:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Leon	81 min
Aug 10, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Wakulla	35 min
Aug 10, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	62 min
Aug 10, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	28 min
Aug 10, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	37 min
Aug 10, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	25 min

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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.