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Rip Current Statement 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 16, 2022Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 16, 2022, 4:01 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2022, 4:01 AM EDT (08:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2022, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
49 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 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 328 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-09-16Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

834 
WHUS42 KTAE 160801
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
401 AM EDT Fri Sep 16 2022

FLZ115-170800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0113.220916T0801Z-220917T0800Z/
Coastal Franklin-
401 AM EDT Fri Sep 16 2022

...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.

&&

$$

DVD
3 follow-up statements
957 
WHUS42 KTAE 161604
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1204 PM EDT Fri Sep 16 2022

FLZ114-170800-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-220917T0800Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1204 PM EDT Fri Sep 16 2022 /1104 AM CDT Fri Sep 16 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf 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.

&&

$$

FLZ115-170800-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-220917T0800Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1204 PM EDT Fri Sep 16 2022

...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.

&&

$$
013 
WHUS42 KTAE 170700
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
300 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022

FLZ114-170800-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-220917T0800Z/
Coastal Gulf-
300 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022 /200 AM CDT Sat Sep 17 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

Gulf county beaches rip current risk has dropped from high to 
moderate risk starting tonight. 

$$

FLZ115-171500-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-220918T0900Z/
Coastal Franklin-
300 AM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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.

&&

$$
309 
WHUS42 KTAE 171613
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1213 PM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022

FLZ114-180900-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-220918T0900Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1213 PM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022 /1113 AM CDT Sat Sep 17 2022/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf 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.

&&

$$

FLZ115-180900-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-220918T0900Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1213 PM EDT Sat Sep 17 2022

...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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 6:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE119 min
Sep 16, 9:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE84 min
Sep 16, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE88 min

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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.