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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 29, 2025Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2025, 3:47 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at May 29, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2025, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
May 29, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 31, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
56 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 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 8.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 810 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 2025-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

134 
WHUS42 KTAE 290847
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
447 AM EDT Thu May 29 2025

FLZ108-112-114-301000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0042.250529T1800Z-250531T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
447 AM EDT Thu May 29 2025 /347 AM CDT Thu May 29 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon through late 
  Friday night.

* 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
942 
WHUS42 KTAE 300153
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
953 PM EDT Thu May 29 2025

FLZ108-112-114-310900-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-250531T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
953 PM EDT Thu May 29 2025 /853 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through late Friday night.

* 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.

&&

$$
808 
WHUS42 KTAE 300924
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
524 AM EDT Fri May 30 2025

FLZ108-112-114-310900-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-250531T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
524 AM EDT Fri May 30 2025 /424 AM CDT Fri May 30 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through late Friday night.

* 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.

&&

$$
346 
WHUS42 KTAE 310714
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
314 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025

FLZ114-311515-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-250601T0200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
314 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025 /214 AM CDT Sat May 31 2025/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County State Park Beaches.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-112-310900-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-250531T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
214 AM CDT Sat May 31 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY
THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT early this morning.

* 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton43 min
May 29, 3:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
May 29, 4:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton47 min
May 29, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay48 min
May 29, 5:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE119 min
May 29, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington48 min
May 29, 6:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay47 min
May 29, 7:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson35 min
May 29, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun39 min
May 29, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty29 min
May 29, 8:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE92 min
May 29, 9:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
May 29, 9:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE28 min
May 29, 10:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE116 min
May 29, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
May 29, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
May 29, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
May 29, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
May 29, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
May 29, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor38 min
May 29, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie, Lafayette54 min
May 29, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE107 min
May 29, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie33 min

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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.