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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 23, 2025, 2:13 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 23, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2025, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted.
102 WHUS42 KTAE 230713 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 313 AM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025 FLZ108-112-114-231515- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0032.250423T1500Z-250424T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 313 AM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025 /213 AM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
738 WHUS42 KTAE 231539 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1139 AM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025 FLZ108-112-114-240300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-250424T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1139 AM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025 /1039 AM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
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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.