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Rip Current Statement 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 13, 2021, 5:04 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2021, 5:04 AM EDT (09:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 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 09:06 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, 9.1 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
226 WHUS42 KTAE 130904 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 504 AM EDT Wed Oct 13 2021 FLZ115-131730- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0095.211013T0904Z-211015T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 504 AM EDT Wed Oct 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches, including Saint George Island. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Easterly breezes over Apalachee Bay and the northeast Gulf will kick up surf heights of 2 feet through Thursday. This is enough to pose a high risk of rip currents along Franklin County beaches. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
909 WHUS42 KTAE 131733 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL Issued by National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 133 PM EDT Wed Oct 13 2021 FLZ115-140145- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-211015T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 133 PM EDT Wed Oct 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches, including Saint George Island. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Easterly breezes over Apalachee Bay and the northeast Gulf will kick up surf heights of 2 feet through Thursday. This is enough to pose a high risk of rip currents along Franklin County beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
520 WHUS42 KTAE 140600 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 200 AM EDT Thu Oct 14 2021 FLZ115-150000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-211015T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 200 AM EDT Thu Oct 14 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches, including Saint George Island. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights remain close to 2 feet, but are expected to decrease slightly by this afternoon. The high risk of rip currents remains in effect, and will be evaluated after coordination with local beach patrols late this morning. 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.