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Rip Current Statement 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 15, 2016Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 15, 2016, 4:30 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2016, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 20 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 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 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.

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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

439 
WHUS42 KTAE 150830
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
430 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2016

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS LIKELY TODAY AT FRANKLIN COUNTY
BEACHES...

EXPECT MODERATE NORTHEASTLY FLOW TODAY AND TOMORROW. A HIGH RISK
FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY IS LIKELY AT FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES WITH
STRONG FLOW PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE. ELSEWHERE MODERATE RISK IS
LIKLEY. WINDS WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME TOMORROW WITH MODERATE TO
STRONG NORTHEASTERLY FLOW.

FLZ115-160400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0045.160415T0830Z-160416T0400Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
430 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2016

...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...UNTIL MIDNIGHT

* SURF HEIGHT...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...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
Apr 15, 4:13 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.