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Rip Current Statement 136, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 13, 2023, 3:39 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 13, 2023, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2023, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2023, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 15 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 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
836 WHUS42 KTAE 130839 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 339 AM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 FLZ115-131645- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0136.231213T1200Z-231214T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 339 AM EST Wed Dec 13 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
462 WHUS42 KTAE 132130 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 430 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 FLZ115-140300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0136.000000T0000Z-231214T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 430 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 4:22 AM EST | Gale Watch | TAE | 22 hr | |
| Dec 13, 4:09 PM EST | Gale Warning | 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.