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Rip Current Statement 121, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 1, 2023, 3:43 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 2, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2023, 3:43 AM EDT (07:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 328 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
953 WHUS42 KTAE 010743 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 343 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 FLZ115-020900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0121.231102T0600Z-231103T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 343 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Thursday night. * 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. && $$ FLZ114-020000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0120.000000T0000Z-231102T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 343 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 /243 AM CDT Wed Nov 1 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...West-Facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
4 follow-up statements
553 WHUS42 KTAE 020705 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 305 AM EDT Thu Nov 2 2023 FLZ115-030915- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0121.000000T0000Z-231104T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 305 AM EDT Thu Nov 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The high rip current risk may linger into the upcoming weekend. 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. && $$
994 WHUS42 KTAE 030617 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 217 AM EDT Fri Nov 3 2023 FLZ115-031430- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0121.000000T0000Z-231104T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 217 AM EDT Fri Nov 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
572 WHUS42 KTAE 031528 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1128 AM EDT Fri Nov 3 2023 FLZ114-040800- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0121.000000T0000Z-231104T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1128 AM EDT Fri Nov 3 2023 /1028 AM CDT Fri Nov 3 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * 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. && $$ FLZ115-040800- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0121.000000T0000Z-231104T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1128 AM EDT Fri Nov 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
097 WHUS42 KTAE 040613 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 213 AM EDT Sat Nov 4 2023 FLZ115-041415- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0121.000000T0000Z-231104T2100Z/ Coastal Franklin- 213 AM EDT Sat Nov 4 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITION DETAILS...The Rip Current Statement was extended through much of this afternoon as forecast surf heights remain around 2 feet for St George Island. 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. && $$ FLZ114-040900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0121.000000T0000Z-231104T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 213 AM EDT Sat Nov 4 2023 /113 AM CDT Sat Nov 4 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 3:43 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:45 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.