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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 28, 2025, 2:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 28, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2025, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 07:57 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, 8.0 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
- 2886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
712 WHUS42 KTAE 280757 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 357 AM EDT Fri Mar 28 2025 FLZ108-112-281600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0023.250328T1500Z-250331T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 257 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM CDT this morning through Sunday 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. && $$ FLZ114-115-281600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0023.250329T0300Z-250331T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 357 AM EDT Fri Mar 28 2025 /257 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From this evening through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
5 follow-up statements
065 WHUS42 KTAE 281520 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1120 AM EDT Fri Mar 28 2025 FLZ108-112-291000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250331T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1020 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$ FLZ114-115-291000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0023.250329T0300Z-250331T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1120 AM EDT Fri Mar 28 2025 /1020 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From this evening through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
906 WHUS42 KTAE 290813 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 413 AM EDT Sat Mar 29 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-310000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250331T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 413 AM EDT Sat Mar 29 2025 /313 AM CDT Sat Mar 29 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
142 WHUS42 KTAE 300818 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 418 AM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-301630- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250401T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 418 AM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025 /318 AM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip Current Statement was extended through Monday evening to account for a lingering swell fostering a continued high risk of rip currents going into early this week. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
694 WHUS42 KTAE 310609 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 209 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-010600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250401T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 209 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 /109 AM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * 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. && $$
496 WHUS42 KTAE 010601 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 201 AM EDT Tue Apr 1 2025 FLZ114-115-011815- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250401T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0024.250401T0601Z-250402T0200Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 201 AM EDT Tue Apr 1 2025 /101 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-010715- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250401T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 101 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED FOR BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:46 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 17 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.