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Rip Current Statement 59, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2025, 12:20 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 24, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2025, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 563 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
599 WHUS42 KTAE 240520 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 120 AM EDT Thu Jul 24 2025 FLZ108-112-114-241330- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0059.250724T1600Z-250725T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 120 AM EDT Thu Jul 24 2025 /1220 AM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and St. Joseph Peninsula State Park Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Onshore winds will increase this afternoon with surf heights reaching 3 feet along Emerald Coast beaches this afternoon and evening. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
093 WHUS42 KTAE 250609 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 209 AM EDT Fri Jul 25 2025 FLZ108-112-114-251415- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0059.000000T0000Z-250726T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 209 AM EDT Fri Jul 25 2025 /109 AM CDT Fri Jul 25 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and St. Joseph Peninsula State Park Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 8:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 108 min |
| Jul 23, 8:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Walton | 119 min |
| Jul 23, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 14 min |
| Jul 23, 8:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 97 min |
| Jul 24, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 36 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.