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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 20, 2022Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 20, 2022, 1:52 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 20, 2022, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2022, 1:52 AM EST (06:52 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2022, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 21, 2022, 9:00 PM EST
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 06:54 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, 6.9 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 00:00Z on 2022-02-20Temperature 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -131 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
2679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

000 
WHUS42 KTAE 200652
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
152 AM EST Sun Feb 20 2022

FLZ115-201500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0022.220220T1100Z-220222T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
152 AM EST Sun Feb 20 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 6 AM EST this morning through Monday 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
088 
WHUS42 KTAE 201641
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1141 AM EST Sun Feb 20 2022

FLZ115-210045-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-220222T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1141 AM EST Sun Feb 20 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 6 AM EST this morning through Monday 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.

&&

$$
406 
WHUS42 KTAE 210151
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
851 PM EST Sun Feb 20 2022

FLZ115-211000-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-220222T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
851 PM EST Sun Feb 20 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Monday 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.

&&

$$
034 
WHUS42 KTAE 210914
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
414 AM EST Mon Feb 21 2022

FLZ115-220200-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-220222T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
414 AM EST Mon Feb 21 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$
518 
WHUS42 KTAE 211618
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1118 AM EST Mon Feb 21 2022

FLZ115-220200-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-220222T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1118 AM EST Mon Feb 21 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$

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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.