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Rip Current Statement 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 14, 2024Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 14, 2024, 3:16 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 14, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2024, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 14, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 15, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
19 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 07:18 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

240 
WHUS42 KTAE 140716
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
316 AM EDT Fri Jun 14 2024

FLZ114-115-150400-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-240614T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0054.240614T0900Z-240615T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
316 AM EDT Fri Jun 14 2024 /216 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf and 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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-112-140830-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-240614T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
216 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

$$

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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.