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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 20, 2025Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 20, 2025, 2:12 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2025, 2:12 AM CST (08:12 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2025, 1:00 AM CST
In force
23 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 08:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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 00:00Z on 2025-02-20Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2025-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 627 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175194214Sfc1 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
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
147 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
627 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1061 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

281 
WHUS42 KTAE 200812
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
312 AM EST Thu Feb 20 2025

FLZ114-210700-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0011.250220T0812Z-250221T0700Z/
Coastal Gulf-
312 AM EST Thu Feb 20 2025 /212 AM CST Thu Feb 20 2025/

...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.

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
Feb 20, 12:45 AM CSTCold Weather AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more32 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.