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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 16, 2023, 8:18 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 17, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2023, 8:18 AM EDT (12:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2023, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Franklin County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 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
- 1760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
570 WHUS42 KTAE 161218 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 818 AM EDT Thu Mar 16 2023 FLZ115-162030- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-230318T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0025.230317T0600Z-230318T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 818 AM EDT Thu Mar 16 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From late tonight through Friday 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-162030- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-230318T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 818 AM EDT Thu Mar 16 2023 /718 AM CDT Thu Mar 16 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
747 WHUS42 KTAE 170757 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 357 AM EDT Fri Mar 17 2023 FLZ108-112-114-172000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-230318T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 357 AM EDT Fri Mar 17 2023 /257 AM CDT Fri Mar 17 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through Friday 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. && $$ FLZ115-172000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-230318T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 357 AM EDT Fri Mar 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From late tonight through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
858 WHUS42 KTAE 172001 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 401 PM EDT Fri Mar 17 2023 FLZ115-180700- /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.Y.0002.230317T2001Z-230318T0700Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-230318T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 401 PM EDT Fri Mar 17 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Franklin County. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 3 AM EDT Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 11 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The main concern will be with the high tide cycle late this evening. At high tide, normally dry ground near the shoreline could experience around 2 feet of inundation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. 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. && $$ FLZ118-127-128-134-180700- /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.Y.0002.230317T2001Z-230318T0700Z/ Coastal Jefferson-Coastal Wakulla-Coastal Taylor-Coastal Dixie- 401 PM EDT Fri Mar 17 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Wakulla, Coastal Taylor and Coastal Dixie Counties. * WHEN...Until 3 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The main concern will be with the high tide cycle late this evening. At high tide, normally dry ground near the shoreline could experience around 2 feet of inundation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-180300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-230318T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 401 PM EDT Fri Mar 17 2023 /301 PM CDT Fri Mar 17 2023/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through Friday 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:17 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 43 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 19 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.