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Rip Current Statement 88, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 16, 2024Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 16, 2024, 10:38 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2024, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
11 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 15:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-10-16Temperature 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

827 
WHUS42 KTAE 161538
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1138 AM EDT Wed Oct 16 2024

FLZ114-162345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0088.241016T1538Z-241017T0300Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1138 AM EDT Wed Oct 16 2024 /1038 AM CDT Wed Oct 16 2024/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT /10 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 16, 2:05 AM CDTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more17 hr

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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.