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Rip Current Statement 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 12, 2025, 12:27 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 52 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2025, 12:27 AM CDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
745 WHUS42 KTAE 120527 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 127 AM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-130900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0064.250812T0527Z-250813T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 127 AM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 /1227 AM CDT Tue Aug 12 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Early this morning, the buoy located about 90 miles south-southeast of Apalachicola was observing 4-foot seas with a mean wave direction from the south-southeast. So it should be a rough day in the water as these waves reach Emerald Coast and Forgotten Coast beaches today. Some improvement is expected on Wednesday, though there could still be a lingering high risk on some beaches. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
456 WHUS42 KTAE 130516 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 116 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-140900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0064.000000T0000Z-250814T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 116 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025 /1216 AM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
803 WHUS42 KTAE 140910 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 510 AM EDT Thu Aug 14 2025 FLZ108-112-114-150600- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0064.000000T0000Z-250814T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0065.250814T0910Z-250815T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 510 AM EDT Thu Aug 14 2025 /410 AM CDT Thu Aug 14 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County 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. && $$ FLZ115-141015- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0064.000000T0000Z-250814T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 510 AM EDT Thu Aug 14 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 6:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Aug 12, 10:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 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.