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Rip Current Statement 109, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 17, 2021, 4:55 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 17, 2021, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2021, 4:55 AM EST (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 17, 2021, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2021, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 38 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 09:57 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, 9.9 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
- 2018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
981 WHUS42 KTAE 170955 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 455 AM EST Wed Nov 17 2021 FLZ115-180600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0109.211117T1600Z-211118T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 455 AM EST Wed Nov 17 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 11 AM EST this morning through late tonight. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
089 WHUS42 KTAE 171852 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 152 PM EST Wed Nov 17 2021 FLZ115-180300- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0109.000000T0000Z-211119T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 152 PM EST Wed Nov 17 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
094 WHUS42 KTAE 181443 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 943 AM EST Thu Nov 18 2021 FLZ115-190600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0109.000000T0000Z-211119T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 943 AM EST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * 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. && $$
280 WHUS42 KTAE 181854 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 154 PM EST Thu Nov 18 2021 FLZ115-190600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0109.000000T0000Z-211119T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 154 PM EST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.