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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 19, 2025, 1:40 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 19, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2025, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 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 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 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
- 3333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
583 WHUS42 KTAE 190640 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 240 AM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-220000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0021.250319T1800Z-250322T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 240 AM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025 /140 AM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon through Friday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
871 WHUS42 KTAE 210648 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 248 AM EDT Fri Mar 21 2025 FLZ108-115-210800- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250321T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Franklin- 248 AM EDT Fri Mar 21 2025 /148 AM CDT Fri Mar 21 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT /3 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT /3 AM CDT/ early this morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-114-220000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250322T0000Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 248 AM EDT Fri Mar 21 2025 /148 AM CDT Fri Mar 21 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf 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. && $$
161 WHUS42 KTAE 211622 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1222 PM EDT Fri Mar 21 2025 FLZ112-114-220000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250322T0000Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1222 PM EDT Fri Mar 21 2025 /1122 AM CDT Fri Mar 21 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 1:43 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 59 hr |
Nearby
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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.