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Rip Current Statement 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 10, 2025, 3:09 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 10, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2025, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 10, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
539 WHUS42 KTAE 100809 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 409 AM EDT Thu Jul 10 2025 FLZ114-110600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0054.250710T1700Z-250711T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 409 AM EDT Thu Jul 10 2025 /309 AM CDT Thu Jul 10 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 PM EDT /noon CDT/ this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Westerly winds across Emerald Coast waters will push enough surf onto west-facing beaches for a High Risk of rip currents. The risk will be greatest during the afternoon and evening hours, when an outgoing tide will also contribute to the risk. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
238 WHUS42 KTAE 110550 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 150 AM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025 FLZ114-120200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0054.000000T0000Z-250712T0200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 150 AM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025 /1250 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...State Park Beaches of Gulf County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 24 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.