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Rip Current Statement 62, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 42 min | |
| Aug 24, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Aug 24, 9:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Aug 25, 10:02 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 29 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.