1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 23, 9:55 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 955 AM EST WED MAR 23 2005 ...CORRECTED SHORT TERM SECTION... .SYNOPSIS... WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTING NE OVER THE SE USA WITH STRONG SUBSIDENCE SPREADING OVER THE CWFA. LOCAL SOUNDINGS SHOW IMPRESSIVE LAPSE RATES ASSOCIATED WITH MID-LEVEL SUBSIDENCE AND COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT. 12Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO OUR WRN ZONES AND BEST LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AXIS PUSHING E ACROSS THE FL BIG BEND. SPC HAS OUTLOOKED THUNDER OVER OUR S-CENTRAL GA AND FL BIG BEND ZONES TODAY. && .SHORT TERM... BASED ON CURRENT RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS...WILL LOWER OR ELIMINATE MORNING POPS FOR OUR SERN ZONES. WARM MAXIMUM FORECASTS LOOK ON TRACK...AND AGREE FAIRLY WELL WITH 23/06Z MAV GUIDANCE. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PLANNED. && .MARINE... NO CHANGES PLANNED. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO HIGHLIGHTS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY. A FEW OF OUR WRN INLAND FL ZONES COULD BRIEFLY DROP BELOW 35% RH...BUT THIS SHOULD BE SHORT-LIVED DUE TO A WET GROUND. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && TJT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 547 AM EST WED MAR 23 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-241100- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 547 AM EST WED MAR 23 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. AFTER AN EXTENSIVE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...THE COLD FRONT PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH RAPIDLY CLEARING SKIES BEHIND IT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WITH THE VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION...THE NEXT POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT COULD IMPACT THE CWA BY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH EARLY MODEL RUNS INDICATING AN EERILY SIMILAR TRACK WITH THE UPPER LOW AS THIS PAST EVENT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. .RIP CURRENTS... ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES... WIND...WAVE...AND TIDAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY. ONLY EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SHOULD CONSIDER ENTERING THE WATER. DURING TIMES OF MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...PERSONS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER ONLY IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCED WITH SWIMMING IN THE SURF. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DONT TRY TO FIGHT ITS SEAWARD PULL. MOVE ACROSS THE CURRENT IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 17-GOULD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Twenty swimmers were rescued by surfers and emergency workers from rip currents. One person suffered hypothermia and was sent to a local hospital. Red flags were flying due to dangerous surf conditions. Reported by the Tallahassee Democrat.
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