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Rip Current Statement 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 16, 2016Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 16, 2016, 4:23 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2016, 4:23 AM EDT (08:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 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 08:26 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, 8.4 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

257 
WHUS42 KTAE 160823
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
423 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG 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.

FLZ115-170400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0046.160416T0823Z-160417T0400Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
423 AM EDT SAT APR 16 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, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Apr 15, 11:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		93 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.