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Rip Current Statement 96, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 18, 2020, 4:28 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 68 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2020, 4:28 AM EST (09:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2020, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 68 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 09:29 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, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
172 WHUS42 KTAE 180928 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 428 AM EST Wed Nov 18 2020 FLZ115-181730- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0096.201118T0928Z-201120T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 428 AM EST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
056 WHUS42 KTAE 181405 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 905 AM EST Wed Nov 18 2020 FLZ115-200000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-201120T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 905 AM EST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
652 WHUS42 KTAE 190127 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 827 PM EST Wed Nov 18 2020 FLZ115-200000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-201120T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 827 PM EST Wed Nov 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
721 WHUS42 KTAE 190930 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 430 AM EST Thu Nov 19 2020 FLZ115-191730- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-201120T1200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 430 AM EST Thu Nov 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
902 WHUS42 KTAE 191636 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1136 AM EST Thu Nov 19 2020 FLZ115-201200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-201120T1200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1136 AM EST Thu Nov 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * 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. && $$
708 WHUS42 KTAE 200841 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 341 AM EST Fri Nov 20 2020 FLZ115-210500- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-201121T0500Z/ Coastal Franklin- 341 AM EST Fri Nov 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.