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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 1, 2025, 1:44 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 1, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2025, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 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 06:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 892 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
406 WHUS42 KTAE 010644 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 244 AM EDT Thu May 1 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-020900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0037.250501T1100Z-250502T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 244 AM EDT Thu May 1 2025 /144 AM CDT Thu May 1 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...Walton, 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
419 WHUS42 KTAE 020602 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 202 AM EDT Fri May 2 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-021415- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-250503T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 202 AM EDT Fri May 2 2025 /102 AM CDT Fri May 2 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, State Park Beaches of Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
931 WHUS42 KTAE 030620 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 220 AM EDT Sat May 3 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-031430- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-250504T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 220 AM EDT Sat May 3 2025 /120 AM CDT Sat May 3 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, State Park Beaches of Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...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. && $$
066 WHUS42 KTAE 040547 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 147 AM EDT Sun May 4 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-051000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-250505T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 147 AM EDT Sun May 4 2025 /1247 AM CDT Sun May 4 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
987 WHUS42 KTAE 041528 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1128 AM EDT Sun May 4 2025 FLZ108-041630- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-250505T1000Z/ South Walton- 1028 AM CDT Sun May 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR WALTON COUNTY BEACHES... $$ FLZ112-114-115-051000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-250505T1000Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1128 AM EDT Sun May 4 2025 /1028 AM CDT Sun May 4 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
627 WHUS42 KTAE 041900 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 300 PM EDT Sun May 4 2025 FLZ112-115-042000- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-250505T1000Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 300 PM EDT Sun May 4 2025 /200 PM CDT Sun May 4 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Moderate westerly breezes this afternoon may support strong longshore currents, but the high risk of rip currents has ended. $$ FLZ114-050300- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-250505T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 300 PM EDT Sun May 4 2025 /200 PM CDT Sun May 4 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ Monday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
167 WHUS42 KTAE 042016 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 416 PM EDT Sun May 4 2025 FLZ114-050600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-250505T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 416 PM EDT Sun May 4 2025 /316 PM CDT Sun May 4 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ Monday. * 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.