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Rip Current Statement 114, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 25, 2021, 3:37 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2021, 3:37 AM EST (08:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2021, 3:59 AM EST
- In force
- 24 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 08:41 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, 8.6 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
- 1580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
837 WHUS42 KTAE 250837 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 337 AM EST Thu Nov 25 2021 FLZ115-261000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0114.211125T0837Z-211126T1000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 337 AM EST Thu Nov 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
432 WHUS42 KTAE 251641 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1141 AM EST Thu Nov 25 2021 FLZ115-260800- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0114.000000T0000Z-211126T1000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1141 AM EST Thu Nov 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
513 WHUS42 KTAE 260859 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 359 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 FLZ115-261000- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0114.000000T0000Z-211126T1000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 359 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ENDED ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES... $$ FLZ114-270500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0115.211126T1400Z-211127T0500Z/ Coastal Gulf- 359 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 /259 AM CST Fri Nov 26 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches, especially west-facing beaches of the Saint Joseph Peninsula. * WHEN...From 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2:52 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.