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Rip Current Statement 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 29, 2014, 9:57 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2014, 9:57 AM EDT (13:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 14:01 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, 2.0 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
- 276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840 WHUS42 KTAE 291357 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 957 AM EDT MON SEP 29 2014 FLZ115-292200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0071.140929T1400Z-140929T2200Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 957 AM EDT MON SEP 29 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES INCLUDING SAINT GEORGE ISLAND * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * BEACH FLAGS...RED * SURF...1 TO 2 FEET * IMPACTS...HEAVY SURF AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 35 min | |
| Sep 29, 9:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min |
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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.