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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 25, 2025, 2:33 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 25, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2025, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2025, 10:24 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 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 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 676 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
207 WHUS42 KTAE 250733 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 333 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 FLZ108-260900- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-250425T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0034.250425T1100Z-250426T0900Z/ South Walton- 233 AM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...From 6 AM CDT this morning through late tonight. * 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. && $$ FLZ112-114-115-260900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0034.250425T1100Z-250426T0900Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 333 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 /233 AM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
3 follow-up statements
738 WHUS42 KTAE 251547 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1147 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-260000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-250426T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1147 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 /1047 AM CDT Fri Apr 25 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 6 AM CDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will increase and become more southerly this afternoon, and the rip current risk may increase as a result. 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. && $$
690 WHUS42 KTAE 260726 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 326 AM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025 FLZ114-115-260830- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-250426T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 326 AM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025 /226 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ108-112-270500- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-250427T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 226 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights near 2 feet are expected today. 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. && $$
941 WHUS42 KTAE 261524 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1124 AM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025 FLZ108-112-261630- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-250427T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1024 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Based on coordination with beach officials, Walton and Bay County beaches are flying yellow flags. Thus, the rip current risk has been lowered to moderate. Residents and visitors should continue to heed the beach flags and advice of local lifeguards. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:08 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 5 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.