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Rip Current Statement 60, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 17, 2024Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 17, 2024, 11:15 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2024, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
15 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 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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 12:00Z on 2024-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1208 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2024-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
1208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

439 
WHUS42 KTAE 171515
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1115 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024

FLZ115-172315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0060.240717T1515Z-240718T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1115 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024

...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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Jul 17, 9:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE87 min
Jul 17, 10:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 17, 10:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 17, 11:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE90 min
Jul 17, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE43 min
Jul 17, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon, Wakulla51 min
Jul 17, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE61 min
Jul 17, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes39 min
Jul 17, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton37 min
Jul 17, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton29 min
Jul 17, 3:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWalton99 min
Jul 17, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton48 min
Jul 17, 5:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJackson66 min

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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.