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Rip Current Statement 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 4, 2025, 2:41 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 4, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2025, 2:41 AM EDT (06:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 4, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 359 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
- 678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
303 WHUS42 KTAE 040641 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 241 AM EDT Wed Jun 4 2025 FLZ115-041845- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0043.250604T1400Z-250605T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 241 AM EDT Wed Jun 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
017 WHUS42 KTAE 041546 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1146 AM EDT Wed Jun 4 2025 FLZ114-050300- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-250605T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1146 AM EDT Wed Jun 4 2025 /1046 AM CDT Wed Jun 4 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-050300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-250605T0300Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1146 AM EDT Wed Jun 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT 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. && $$
904 WHUS42 KTAE 042025 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 425 PM EDT Wed Jun 4 2025 FLZ108-050900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-250605T0900Z/ South Walton- 325 PM CDT Wed Jun 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Based on communication from beach officials, Walton County beaches are now flying red flags. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-115-050900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-250605T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 425 PM EDT Wed Jun 4 2025 /325 PM CDT Wed Jun 4 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
000 WHUS42 KTAE 050903 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 503 AM EDT Thu Jun 5 2025 FLZ108-114-115-051715- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-250605T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0044.250605T1400Z-250606T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 503 AM EDT Thu Jun 5 2025 /403 AM CDT Thu Jun 5 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-051715- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0044.250605T1400Z-250606T0400Z/ Coastal Bay- 403 AM CDT Thu Jun 5 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jun 4, 5:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Jun 4, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Washington | 2 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.