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Rip Current Statement 81, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 17, 2022, 2:48 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2022, 2:48 AM EDT (06:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 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 06:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 908 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
177 WHUS42 KTAE 170648 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 248 AM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022 FLZ115-180400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0081.220717T0648Z-220718T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 248 AM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
086 WHUS42 KTAE 171840 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 240 PM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022 FLZ115-180245- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0081.000000T0000Z-220718T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 240 PM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 37 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.