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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 20, 20254 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 20, 2025, 1:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 20, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2025, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 20, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 20, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
15 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 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 227 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

411 
WHUS42 KTAE 200602
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
202 AM EDT Sun Apr 20 2025

FLZ108-112-114-115-201415-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0029.250420T1200Z-250421T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
202 AM EDT Sun Apr 20 2025 /102 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning 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.

&&

$$

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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.