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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 23, 2024Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 23, 2024, 4:48 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 23, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2024, 4:48 AM EDT (08:48 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
18 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 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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 2024-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 2024-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

258 
WHUS42 KTAE 230848
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
448 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

FLZ115-240300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0037.240423T0900Z-240424T0300Z/
Coastal Franklin-
448 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...East to southeast winds will lead to 1 to 2
  foot surf heights today. 

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.