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Rip Current Statement 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 16, 2025, 12:29 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2025, 12:29 AM CST (06:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2025, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 1584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
847 WHUS42 KTAE 160629 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 129 AM EST Sun Nov 16 2025 FLZ108-112-114-170500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0085.251116T0629Z-251117T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 129 AM EST Sun Nov 16 2025 /1229 AM CST Sun Nov 16 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
877 WHUS42 KTAE 160809 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 309 AM EST Sun Nov 16 2025 FLZ108-112-114-170500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-251117T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 309 AM EST Sun Nov 16 2025 /209 AM CST Sun Nov 16 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1:35 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 6 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.