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Rip Current Statement 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 2, 2020Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 2, 2020, 3:26 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.

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Issued
Jun 2, 2020, 3:26 AM EDT (07:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Franklin County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

014 
WHUS42 KTAE 020726
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
326 AM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020

FLZ115-030200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0049.200602T0726Z-200603T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
326 AM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay52 min
Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay3 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.