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Rip Current Statement 140, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 21, 2022Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 21, 2022, 3:30 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 21, 2022, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 21, 2022, 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 21, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 22, 2022, 3:00 AM EST
In force
20 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 08:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 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 2022-11-21Temperature 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-11-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

497 
WHUS42 KTAE 210830
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
330 AM EST Mon Nov 21 2022

FLZ115-220800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0140.221121T1200Z-221122T0800Z/
Coastal Franklin-
330 AM EST Mon Nov 21 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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.

&&

$$

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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.