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Rip Current Statement 112, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 23, 2021, 1:47 AM EST for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2021, 1:47 AM EST (06:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2021, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
310 WHUS42 KTAE 230647 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 147 AM EST Tue Nov 23 2021 FLZ114-115-231500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0112.211123T0647Z-211124T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 147 AM EST Tue Nov 23 2021 /1247 AM CST Tue Nov 23 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
753 WHUS42 KTAE 232018 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 318 PM EST Tue Nov 23 2021 FLZ114-115-240600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0112.000000T0000Z-211124T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 318 PM EST Tue Nov 23 2021 /218 PM CST Tue Nov 23 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2:54 PM EST | Frost Advisory | TAE | Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 17 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.