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Rip Current Statement 58, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 22, 2025Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 22, 2025, 12:31 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2025, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2025, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
25 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 05:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1319 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 2025-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
1319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

352 
WHUS42 KTAE 220531
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
131 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025

FLZ114-221345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0058.250722T0531Z-250723T0700Z/
Coastal Gulf-
131 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 /1231 AM CDT Tue Jul 22 2025/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...St. Joseph Peninsula State Park 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson26 min
Jul 21, 11:03 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more19 hr
Jul 22, 3:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE92 min
Jul 22, 6:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 22, 7:04 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 min
Jul 22, 7:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE73 min
Jul 22, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison31 min
Jul 22, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon30 min
Jul 22, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison25 min
Jul 22, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden25 min
Jul 22, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison30 min
Jul 22, 2:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEMadison2 hr
Jul 22, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla46 min
Jul 22, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 22, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor and 1 more41 min
Jul 22, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE113 min
Jul 22, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Liberty44 min
Jul 22, 2:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor114 min
Jul 22, 2:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson2 hr
Jul 22, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla33 min
Jul 22, 3:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECalhoun, Liberty3 hr
Jul 22, 3:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELiberty118 min
Jul 22, 3:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson, Wakulla115 min
Jul 22, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Gulf, Liberty37 min
Jul 22, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson42 min
Jul 22, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 22, 4:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEWakulla118 min
Jul 22, 4:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELiberty117 min
Jul 22, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf45 min
Jul 22, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes35 min
Jul 22, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay55 min
Jul 22, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE113 min
Jul 22, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes33 min
Jul 22, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes33 min
Jul 22, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington33 min
Jul 22, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton47 min
Jul 22, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 22, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton33 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.