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Rip Current Statement 118, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 11, 2022Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 11, 2022, 4:04 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2022, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2022, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
22 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 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 308 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 2022-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

808 
WHUS42 KTAE 110804
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
404 AM EDT Tue Oct 11 2022

FLZ115-120600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0118.221011T0804Z-221012T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
404 AM EDT Tue Oct 11 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 5:54 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAECalhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more4 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.