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Rip Current Statement 66, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 11, 2024Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 11, 2024, 10:22 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2024, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2325 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 2024-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
2325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

306 
WHUS42 KTAE 111522
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1122 AM EDT Sun Aug 11 2024

FLZ114-120800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0066.240811T1522Z-240812T0800Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1122 AM EDT Sun Aug 11 2024 /1022 AM CDT Sun Aug 11 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 3:31 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 5 more14 hr
Aug 11, 12:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden24 min
Aug 11, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf33 min
Aug 11, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty30 min
Aug 11, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson34 min
Aug 11, 2:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson, Leon, Wakulla2 hr
Aug 11, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon32 min
Aug 11, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon33 min
Aug 11, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden36 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.