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Rip Current Statement 87, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 13, 2019Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 13, 2019, 10:45 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2019, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2019, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 14 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 15:43 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, 3.8 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

103 
WHUS42 KTAE 131545
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1045 AM EST Wed Nov 13 2019

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES...

.Prevalent offshore flow with a slight easterly component to it
will make for a moderate rip current risk today for all county
beaches except Franklin where it is closer to the tight pressure
gradient behind the cold front over South Florida. The winds are
slightly stronger as a result, so the rip current risk is high for
Franklin County beaches.

FLZ115-140600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0087.191113T1545Z-191114T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1045 AM EST Wed Nov 13 2019

...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 tonight

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. 

&&

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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.