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Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 22, 2025Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 22, 2025, 3:42 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2025, 3:42 AM CDT (08:42 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 363 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2034 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2034 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

As transmitted.

101 
WHUS42 KTAE 220842
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
442 AM EDT Thu May 22 2025

FLZ112-114-230300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0041.250522T0842Z-250523T0300Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
442 AM EDT Thu May 22 2025 /342 AM CDT Thu May 22 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay and Gulf 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 will affect the
  southwest-facing beaches of Bay and Gulf Counties today,
  especially during the afternoon seabreeze.

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.