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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 21, 2024Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 21, 2024, 4:04 AM EST for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 21, 2024, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2024, 4:04 AM EST (09:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2024, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 22, 2024, 1:00 AM EST
In force
15 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 09:07 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 328 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 2024-01-21Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

317 
WHUS42 KTAE 210904
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
404 AM EST Sun Jan 21 2024

FLZ114-115-220600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0006.240121T1500Z-240122T0600Z/
Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
404 AM EST Sun Jan 21 2024 /304 AM CST Sun Jan 21 2024/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ this morning 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.

&&

$$

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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.