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Rip Current Statement 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 8, 2023Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 8, 2023, 3:56 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2023, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
14 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 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

361 
WHUS42 KTAE 080756
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
356 AM EDT Mon May 8 2023

FLZ115-082100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0049.230508T0756Z-230508T2200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
356 AM EDT Mon May 8 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights will be around 2 feet through
  afternoon.

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.