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Rip Current Statement 62, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 25, 2014Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 25, 2014, 11:28 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2014, 11:28 AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
13 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 15:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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.

569 
WHUS42 KTAE 251528
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1128 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2014

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

A FAIRLY STRONG BACKDOOR COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTHEASTWARD
THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING...AND THIS WILL RESULT IN
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. THIS MEANS OFFSHORE
WINDS AT GULF BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES...THUS A MODERATE RISK
FOR RIP CURRENTS. WINDS WILL BE PARALLEL TO THE COAST OF FRANKLIN
COUNTY BEACHES INCREASING THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...THUS RED FLAG
CONDITIONS EXIST. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW.

FLZ115-260400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0062.140825T1528Z-140826T0400Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
1128 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATION...FRANKLIN COUNTY

* TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT

* BEACH FLAGS...RED

* SURF...2 TO 3 FEET


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. 

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE42 min
Aug 24, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Aug 24, 9:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay3 hr
Aug 24, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
Aug 25, 10:02 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE29 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.