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Rip Current Statement 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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.