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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 9, 2025, 12:25 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2025, 12:25 AM CST (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 360 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
863 WHUS42 KTAE 090625 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 125 AM EST Sun Mar 9 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-091430- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-250309T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0018.250309T0625Z-250311T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 125 AM EST Sun Mar 9 2025 /1225 AM CST Sun Mar 9 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
542 WHUS42 KTAE 091236 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 836 AM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-101000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250311T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 836 AM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025 /736 AM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A High Surf Advisory may be needed on Monday for the Bay and West-facing Gulf County beaches as surf heights could approach 6 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
313 WHUS42 KTAE 100705 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 305 AM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025 FLZ112-114-110000- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.250310T1500Z-250311T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250311T0000Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 305 AM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025 /205 AM CDT Mon Mar 10 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 7 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Bay County and Gulf County State Park Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the High Surf Advisory, from 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ this morning to 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$ FLZ108-115-110000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250311T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Franklin- 305 AM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025 /205 AM CDT Mon Mar 10 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:24 PM CST | Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:26 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 51 hr | |
| Mar 9, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 43 min | |
| Mar 9, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 92 min | |
| Mar 9, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Mar 9, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 14 min |
| Mar 9, 9:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 9:36 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 10 hr | |
| Mar 9, 9:38 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 29 min |
| Mar 9, 9:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 89 min | |
| Mar 9, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Mar 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 97 min | |
| Mar 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 30 min |
| Mar 9, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 29 min |
| Mar 9, 3:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 97 min | |
| Mar 9, 5:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 113 min |
| Mar 9, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Mar 9, 6:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 115 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.