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Rip Current Statement 66, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 2025Franklin County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2025, 1:26 AM EDT for Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2025, 1:26 AM EDT (05:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2025, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 352 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 175 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

729 
WHUS42 KTAE 010526
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
126 AM EDT Mon Sep 1 2025

FLZ115-020600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0066.250901T0526Z-250902T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
126 AM EDT Mon Sep 1 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
147 
WHUS42 KTAE 011517
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1117 AM EDT Mon Sep 1 2025

FLZ108-020600-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-250902T0600Z/
South Walton-
1017 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton 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.

&&

$$

FLZ115-020600-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-250902T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1117 AM EDT Mon Sep 1 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$
132 
WHUS42 KTAE 020602
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
202 AM EDT Tue Sep 2 2025

FLZ115-021800-
/O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-250902T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0067.250902T0602Z-250903T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
202 AM EDT Tue Sep 2 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-020715-
/O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-250902T0600Z/
South Walton-
102 AM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

The high risk of rip currents has expired.

$$

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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.