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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 9, 2023, 4:07 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2023, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2023, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 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 08:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
468 WHUS42 KTAE 090807 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 407 AM EDT Sun Apr 9 2023 FLZ115-100200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0034.230409T0807Z-230410T0200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 407 AM EDT Sun Apr 9 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
314 WHUS42 KTAE 091841 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 241 PM EDT Sun Apr 9 2023 FLZ115-100200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-230410T0200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 241 PM EDT Sun Apr 9 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.