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Rip Current Statement 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 30, 2014Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 30, 2014, 11:15 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2014, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 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 15:17 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 12:00Z, 3.3 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 2014-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

105 
WHUS42 KTAE 301515
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1115 AM EDT TUE SEP 30 2014

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...

WINDS ALONG THE COAST TODAY WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10
KNOTS WITH WAVES OF 1 FOOT OR LESS. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP
CURRENTS FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES BECAUSE THE WINDS ARE
PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. TOMORROW...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST-
SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS WITH WAVES OF 1 FOOT OR LESS.

FLZ115-010400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0072.140930T1515Z-141001T0400Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
1115 AM EDT TUE SEP 30 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...1 TO 2 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. 

&&

$$

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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.