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Rip Current Statement 60, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 26, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 317 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
- 929 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
766 WHUS42 KTAE 261700 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 100 PM EDT Sat Jul 26 2025 FLZ108-112-270000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0060.250726T1700Z-250727T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1200 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 7 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 11:56 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 26 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.