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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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.