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Rip Current Statement 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 24, 2025, 2:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 25, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2025, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 25, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 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 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
823 WHUS42 KTAE 241913 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 313 PM EDT Fri Oct 24 2025 FLZ114-115-250800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0079.251025T0900Z-251028T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 313 PM EDT Fri Oct 24 2025 /213 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From late tonight through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong east breezes will blow across the Gulf waters tonight through Sunday morning, creating hazardous marine and beach conditions. A high risk of rip currents will develop Saturday morning at the beaches, then continue through Monday. 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-250800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0079.251025T1400Z-251028T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 213 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong east breezes will blow across the Gulf waters tonight through Sunday morning, creating hazardous marine and beach conditions. A high risk of rip currents will develop Saturday morning at the beaches, then continue through Monday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
570 WHUS42 KTAE 250540 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 140 AM EDT Sat Oct 25 2025 FLZ114-115-260700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0079.251025T0900Z-251028T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 140 AM EDT Sat Oct 25 2025 /1240 AM CDT Sat Oct 25 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ early this morning through Monday 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-260700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0079.251025T1400Z-251028T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1240 AM CDT Sat Oct 25 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 AM CDT this morning through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
405 WHUS42 KTAE 260543 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 143 AM EDT Sun Oct 26 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-280000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0079.000000T0000Z-251028T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 143 AM EDT Sun Oct 26 2025 /1243 AM CDT Sun Oct 26 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 1:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 3 days |
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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.