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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 6, 2014, 1:47 PM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2014, 1:47 PM EST (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 17 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 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 308 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884 WHUS42 KTAE 061847 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 147 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COAST... FLZ115-071200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0006.140306T1847Z-140307T1200Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 147 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...COASTAL FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES INCLUDING ST. GEORGE ISLAND * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 7 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING * BEACH FLAGS...RED * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET * IMPACTS...WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO 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. && $$ 11-MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 4:43 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.