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Rip Current Statement 123, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 13, 2023, 3:00 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 13, 2023, 3:00 AM EST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2023, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 22 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 07:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
499 WHUS42 KTAE 130800 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 300 AM EST Mon Nov 13 2023 FLZ115-140600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0123.231113T0800Z-231114T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 300 AM EST Mon Nov 13 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
520 WHUS42 KTAE 131633 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1133 AM EST Mon Nov 13 2023 FLZ115-140045- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0123.000000T0000Z-231114T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1133 AM EST Mon Nov 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 3:33 AM EST | Gale Watch | TAE | 17 hr | |
| Nov 13, 3:33 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 72 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.