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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 15, 2025, 2:26 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2025, 2:26 AM CST (08:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 40 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 08:27 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 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 2398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
349 WHUS42 KTAE 150826 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 326 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 FLZ108-112-151800- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0003.250216T0800Z-250217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0009.250215T0826Z-250217T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 226 AM CST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 9 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Sunday afternoon. For the High Surf Advisory, from 2 AM to 6 PM CST Sunday. * 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. && $$ FLZ114-115-151800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0009.250215T0826Z-250217T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 326 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 /226 AM CST Sat Feb 15 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
523 WHUS42 KTAE 160727 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 227 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 FLZ108-112-170000- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0003.250216T0800Z-250217T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250217T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 127 AM CST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 9 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Sunday afternoon. For the High Surf Advisory, from 2 AM to 6 PM CST Sunday. * 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. && $$ FLZ114-115-170000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250217T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 227 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 /127 AM CST Sun Feb 16 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
994 WHUS42 KTAE 160736 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 236 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 FLZ114-170000- /O.EXA.KTAE.SU.Y.0003.250216T0800Z-250217T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250217T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 236 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 /136 AM CST Sun Feb 16 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 2 to 8 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-170000- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0003.250216T0800Z-250217T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250217T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 136 AM CST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 2 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this afternoon. For the High Surf Advisory, until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-170000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250217T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 236 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 8:03 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:26 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 31 hr | |
| Feb 15, 2:26 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 54 hr | |
| Feb 15, 2:26 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 40 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:01 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 8 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.