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Rip Current Statement 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 1, 2024Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 1, 2024, 10:17 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.

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Issued
Oct 1, 2024, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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 2024-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 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 2024-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

445 
WHUS42 KTAE 011517
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1117 AM EDT Tue Oct 1 2024

FLZ114-020200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0084.241001T1517Z-241002T0200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1117 AM EDT Tue Oct 1 2024 /1017 AM CDT Tue Oct 1 2024/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...State Park Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 9:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEHamilton, Madison7 days

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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.