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Rip Current Statement 122, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 16, 2021Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 16, 2021, 1:49 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 16, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2021, 1:49 AM EST (06:49 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 16, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 17, 2021, 12:00 AM EST
In force
17 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 06:54 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

798 
WHUS42 KTAE 160649
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
149 AM EST Thu Dec 16 2021

FLZ115-161500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0122.211216T1200Z-211217T0500Z/
Coastal Franklin-
149 AM EST Thu Dec 16 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 2:59 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more19 hr
Dec 16, 3:00 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryTAE19 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.