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Rip Current Statement 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2025, 10:01 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2025, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 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
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
924 WHUS42 KTAE 281501 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1101 AM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025 FLZ114-282315- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0080.251028T1501Z-251029T1000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1101 AM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025 /1001 AM CDT Tue Oct 28 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...State Park Beaches of Gulf County. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
879 WHUS42 KTAE 290542 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 142 AM EDT Wed Oct 29 2025 FLZ114-300700- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.251029T1800Z-251030T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-251031T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 142 AM EDT Wed Oct 29 2025 /1242 AM CDT Wed Oct 29 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THURSDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 7 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Thursday evening. For the High Surf Advisory, from 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon to 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ Thursday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-115-300700- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-251031T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 142 AM EDT Wed Oct 29 2025 /1242 AM CDT Wed Oct 29 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$ DVD
221 WHUS42 KTAE 300504 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 104 AM EDT Thu Oct 30 2025 FLZ114-310600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-251101T0600Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-251030T2200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 104 AM EDT Thu Oct 30 2025 /1204 AM CDT Thu Oct 30 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves up to 6 feet in the surf zone. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through late Friday night. For the High Surf Advisory, until 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-115-310600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-251031T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 104 AM EDT Thu Oct 30 2025 /1204 AM CDT Thu Oct 30 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, 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. && $$ DVD
423 WHUS42 KTAE 310622 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 222 AM EDT Fri Oct 31 2025 FLZ108-112-115-310730- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-251031T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 222 AM EDT Fri Oct 31 2025 /122 AM CDT Fri Oct 31 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... A turn to northerly offshore winds will help surf and rip risk to continue decreasing through sunrise. $$ FLZ114-010000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-251101T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 222 AM EDT Fri Oct 31 2025 /122 AM CDT Fri Oct 31 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. 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. && $$
923 WHUS42 KTAE 311519 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1119 AM EDT Fri Oct 31 2025 FLZ112-312330- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-251101T0000Z/ Coastal Bay- 1019 AM CDT Fri Oct 31 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-312330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-251101T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1119 AM EDT Fri Oct 31 2025 /1019 AM CDT Fri Oct 31 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 1:52 PM CDT | Gale Watch | TAE | 11 hr | |
| Oct 28, 1:52 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 59 hr |
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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.