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Rip Current Statement 135, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 12, 2023, 3:50 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 12, 2023, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2023, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2023, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 5 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 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, 8.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
014 WHUS42 KTAE 120850 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 350 AM EST Tue Dec 12 2023 FLZ115-121700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0135.231212T1200Z-231213T0200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 350 AM EST Tue Dec 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
653 WHUS42 KTAE 121630 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1130 AM EST Tue Dec 12 2023 FLZ115-121730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0135.000000T0000Z-231213T0200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1130 AM EST Tue Dec 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... After looking at morning web cams off the St George Island Lighthouse and collaborating with State Park officials, it was determined that today's rip current assessment is more reflective of a moderate risk, hence the cancellation of the Rip Current Statement. However, rip currents remain possible, but are unlikely to be strong or frequent. Please exercise caution. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 3:31 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 4 days |
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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.