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Rip Current Statement 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 5, 2016Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 5, 2016, 3:28 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2016, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2016, 3:00 AM EST
In force
25 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 07:33 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, 7.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

322 
WHUS42 KTAE 050728
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
328 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES TODAY...

.RELATIVELY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BUILD SURF TO AROUND 3
FEET ACROSS THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COAST, AS WELL AS DEVELOP A STRONG
LONGSHORE CURRENT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT A HIGH RISK FOR
LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

FLZ115-060800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0095.161105T0728Z-161106T0800Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
328 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016

...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 FOR
FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES.

* 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. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS.

HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS
BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM
AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD
WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 2:47 AM EDTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington17 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.