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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 27, 2022Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 27, 2022, 11:21 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2022, 11:21 AM EST (16:21 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 2022, 9:00 PM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Franklin County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 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 12:00Z on 2022-01-27Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2022-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

820 
WHUS42 KTAE 271621
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1121 AM EST Thu Jan 27 2022

FLZ115-280200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0013.220127T1621Z-220128T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1121 AM EST Thu Jan 27 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM EST 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
Jan 27, 4:04 AM ESTGale WatchTAE24 hr
Jan 27, 4:04 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE35 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.