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Rip Current Statement 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 5, 2025, 10:44 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2025, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 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
- 1665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
625 WHUS42 KTAE 051544 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1144 AM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025 FLZ114-060900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0063.250805T1544Z-250806T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1144 AM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025 /1044 AM CDT Tue Aug 5 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Aug 5, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 34 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.