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Rip Current Statement 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 25, 2023Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2023, 4:04 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2023, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
3 days
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 08:04 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-05-25Temperature 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 2023-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

344 
WHUS42 KTAE 250804
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
404 AM EDT Thu May 25 2023

FLZ115-251800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0053.230525T0804Z-230526T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
404 AM EDT Thu May 25 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
366 
WHUS42 KTAE 251621
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1221 PM EDT Thu May 25 2023

FLZ115-260030-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-230526T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1221 PM EDT Thu May 25 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$
568 
WHUS42 KTAE 260539
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
139 AM EDT Fri May 26 2023

FLZ115-261800-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-230527T1200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
139 AM EDT Fri May 26 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$
540 
WHUS42 KTAE 270641
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
241 AM EDT Sat May 27 2023

FLZ115-271445-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-230528T1200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
241 AM EDT Sat May 27 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$
648 
WHUS42 KTAE 271516
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1116 AM EDT Sat May 27 2023

FLZ115-280930-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-230528T1200Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1116 AM EDT Sat May 27 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.

* 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.