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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 26, 2025Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 26, 2025, 10:50 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.

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Issued
Feb 26, 2025, 10:50 AM CST (16:50 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2025, 8:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 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 2025-02-26Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2025-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
2054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

200 
WHUS42 KTAE 261650
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1150 AM EST Wed Feb 26 2025

FLZ114-270200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0013.250226T1650Z-250227T0200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1150 AM EST Wed Feb 26 2025 /1050 AM CST Wed Feb 26 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ 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.

&&

$$

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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.