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Rip Current Statement 82, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 8, 2025Gulf County, Florida

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 734 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 1:22 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more7 hr
Nov 9, 9:01 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryTAE5 hr
Nov 9, 12:12 PM CSTFreeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more11 hr
Nov 9, 12:28 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more11 hr
Nov 9, 12:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson31 min
Nov 9, 1:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson40 min
Nov 9, 1:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton37 min
Nov 9, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington45 min
Nov 9, 1:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson55 min
Nov 9, 2:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madison56 min
Nov 9, 3:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison77 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.