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Rip Current Statement 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 19, 2015Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 19, 2015, 10:55 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 19, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2015, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 19, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 20, 2015, 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 14:58 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, 2.9 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 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.

273 
WHUS42 KTAE 191455
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1055 AM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES...

FLZ115-200400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0053.150719T1500Z-150720T0400Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
1055 AM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...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. 

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT

* 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 2:48 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	17 hr
Jul 19, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	44 min
Jul 19, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	53 min
Jul 19, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington	60 min
Jul 19, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun	42 min
Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lafayette	32 min
Jul 19, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	54 min
Jul 19, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Jul 19, 6:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Leon	119 min
Jul 19, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla	32 min
Jul 19, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Leon	119 min

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.