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Rip Current Statement 90, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 4, 2025Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 4, 2025, 11:39 PM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 2025, 11:39 PM CST (05:39 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2025, 12:00 AM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-12-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-12-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

923 
WHUS42 KTAE 050539
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1239 AM EST Fri Dec 5 2025

FLZ108-112-114-060600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0090.251205T0539Z-251206T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1239 AM EST Fri Dec 5 2025 /1139 PM CST Thu Dec 4 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 10:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon, Liberty50 min
Dec 5, 11:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Leon55 min
Dec 5, 12:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla64 min
Dec 5, 1:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison49 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.