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Rip Current Statement 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 4, 2015Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 4, 2015, 11:16 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2015, 11:16 AM EDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Franklin County, FL

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 2015-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 773 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 2015-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 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
773 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 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.

938 
WHUS42 KTAE 041516
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1116 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

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

.WINDS TODAY WILL BE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND
12 MPH AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PERSISTENT
ONSHORE WINDS OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL MAINTAIN MORE FREQUENT
RIP CURRENTS THAN ON CALM DAYS.

FLZ115-050500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0046.150704T1516Z-150705T0500Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
1116 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...MORE FREQUENT 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...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. 

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon44 min
Jul 4, 5:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWakulla2 hr

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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.