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Rip Current Statement 82, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 8, 2025, 11:44 PM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 9, 2025, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2025, 11:44 PM CST (05:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 9, 2025, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2025, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 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 05:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 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
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted.
462 WHUS42 KTAE 090544 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1244 AM EST Sun Nov 9 2025 FLZ114-100600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0082.251109T1500Z-251110T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1244 AM EST Sun Nov 9 2025 /1144 PM CST Sat Nov 8 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...West facing Gulf County Beaches and St Joseph State Park. * WHEN...From 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ this morning 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 1:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 9, 9:01 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 5 hr | |
| Nov 9, 12:12 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 9, 12:28 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 9, 12:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 31 min |
| Nov 9, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 40 min |
| Nov 9, 1:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 45 min |
| Nov 9, 1:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 55 min |
| Nov 9, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 56 min |
| Nov 9, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 77 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.