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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 10, 2023Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 10, 2023, 4:16 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2023, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
46 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 08:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

077 
WHUS42 KTAE 100816
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
416 AM EDT Mon Apr 10 2023

FLZ115-110200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0035.230410T0816Z-230411T0200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
416 AM EDT Mon Apr 10 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
065 
WHUS42 KTAE 101845
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
245 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2023

FLZ115-120600-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-230412T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
245 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late Tuesday night.

* 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.

&&

$$
806 
WHUS42 KTAE 110738
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
338 AM EDT Tue Apr 11 2023

FLZ114-120000-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-230412T0600Z/
Coastal Gulf-
338 AM EDT Tue Apr 11 2023 /238 AM CDT Tue Apr 11 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late Tuesday night.

* 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.

&&

$$

FLZ115-120000-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-230412T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
338 AM EDT Tue Apr 11 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late Tuesday night.

* 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.

&&

$$
998 
WHUS42 KTAE 111527
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1127 AM EDT Tue Apr 11 2023

FLZ114-115-112330-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-230412T0600Z/
Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
1127 AM EDT Tue Apr 11 2023 /1027 AM CDT Tue Apr 11 2023/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* 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.