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Rip Current Statement 105, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 22, 2023Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 22, 2023, 2:30 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2023, 2:30 AM EDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
24 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 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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 2023-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 846 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -107 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
846 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

716 
WHUS42 KTAE 220630
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
230 AM EDT Fri Sep 22 2023

FLZ115-221430-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0105.230922T0630Z-230923T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
230 AM EDT Fri Sep 22 2023

...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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
420 
WHUS42 KTAE 230005
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
805 PM EDT Fri Sep 22 2023

FLZ115-230600-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0105.000000T0000Z-230923T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
805 PM EDT Fri Sep 22 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

* 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
Sep 21, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Sep 21, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE79 min
Sep 21, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE48 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.