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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 20, 2013Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 20, 2013, 2:12 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 20, 2013, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 20, 2013, 2:12 AM EST (07:12 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 20, 2013, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 21, 2013, 4:12 AM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Franklin County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

252 
WHUS42 KTAE 200712
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
212 AM EST WED NOV 20 2013

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES
TODAY... 

.INCREASING EASTERLY WINDSWELL AND SOME COMBINATION OF NORTHEAST
OR EASTERLY FLOW WILL BOOST WAVE HEIGHTS TO AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET AS
WELL AS INCREASE THE LONGSHORE CURRENT. THIS COMBINATION WILL
CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG EASTWARD FACING
FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES TODAY.

FLZ115-211200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0042.131120T1200Z-131121T1200Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
212 AM EST WED NOV 20 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR BEACHES ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY. 

* WAVES AND SURF...2 TO 3 FEET.

* WIND...EAST NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES
AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY
ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP
CURRENT SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE
OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG
SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY.

&&

$$

HARRIGAN

1 follow-up statement

054 
WHUS42 KTAE 210912
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
412 AM EST THU NOV 21 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

FLZ115-211015-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-131121T1200Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
412 AM EST THU NOV 21 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. 


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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.