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Rip Current Statement 129, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 28, 2023, 3:51 AM EST for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2023, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2023, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 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 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
978 WHUS42 KTAE 280851 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 351 AM EST Tue Nov 28 2023 FLZ114-115-281700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0129.231128T0851Z-231129T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 351 AM EST Tue Nov 28 2023 /251 AM CST Tue Nov 28 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches and Saint Joseph State Park. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
585 WHUS42 KTAE 281657 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1157 AM EST Tue Nov 28 2023 FLZ115-281800- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0129.000000T0000Z-231129T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1157 AM EST Tue Nov 28 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Surf heights of 1 to 2 feet are possible along Franklin County Beaches. $$ FLZ114-290100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0129.000000T0000Z-231129T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1157 AM EST Tue Nov 28 2023 /1057 AM CST Tue Nov 28 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches and Saint Joseph State Park. * 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. && $$
047 WHUS42 KTAE 281703 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1203 PM EST Tue Nov 28 2023 FLZ114-290300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0129.000000T0000Z-231129T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1203 PM EST Tue Nov 28 2023 /1103 AM CST Tue Nov 28 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Saint Joseph State Park. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 1:00 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 12 hr | |
| Nov 28, 3:28 AM EST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:24 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more | 13 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.