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Rip Current Statement 50, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 28, 20254 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 28, 2025, 12:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2025, 12:35 AM CDT (05:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
45 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 05:38 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, 5.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2426 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

515 
WHUS42 KTAE 280535
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
135 AM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025

FLZ108-112-114-115-281345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0050.250628T0535Z-250629T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
135 AM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025 /1235 AM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
978 
WHUS42 KTAE 290729
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
329 AM EDT Sun Jun 29 2025

FLZ108-112-114-115-291530-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0050.000000T0000Z-250630T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
329 AM EDT Sun Jun 29 2025 /229 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Jun 28, 6:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Jun 28, 10:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
Jun 28, 11:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty43 min
Jun 28, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon41 min
Jun 28, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE43 min
Jun 28, 2:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay119 min
Jun 28, 2:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJackson114 min
Jun 28, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison56 min
Jun 28, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 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.