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Rip Current Statement 103, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 4, 2021, 4:24 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 4, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2021, 4:24 AM EDT (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 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 08:28 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
779 WHUS42 KTAE 040824 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 424 AM EDT Thu Nov 4 2021 FLZ115-051030- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0103.211104T1400Z-211106T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 424 AM EDT Thu Nov 4 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT this morning through Friday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
763 WHUS42 KTAE 050807 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 407 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 FLZ115-060300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0103.000000T0000Z-211106T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 407 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT this morning through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 10:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 49 hr |
Nearby
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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.