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Rip Current Statement 94, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 9, 2025, 11:25 PM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 10, 2025, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2025, 11:25 PM CST (05:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2025, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 28 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 05:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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
- 1409 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
585 WHUS42 KTAE 100525 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1225 AM EST Wed Dec 10 2025 FLZ108-112-114-110600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0094.251210T2000Z-251211T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1225 AM EST Wed Dec 10 2025 /1125 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and West-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From this afternoon 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
475 WHUS42 KTAE 101810 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 110 PM EST Wed Dec 10 2025 FLZ108-112-114-110215- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0094.251210T2000Z-251211T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 110 PM EST Wed Dec 10 2025 /1210 PM CST Wed Dec 10 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and West-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
246 WHUS42 KTAE 110234 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 934 PM EST Wed Dec 10 2025 FLZ108-112-114-110600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0094.000000T0000Z-251211T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 934 PM EST Wed Dec 10 2025 /834 PM CST Wed Dec 10 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and West-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ Thursday. * 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. && $$
362 WHUS42 KTAE 110533 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1233 AM EST Thu Dec 11 2025 FLZ108-110645- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0094.000000T0000Z-251211T0600Z/ South Walton- 1133 PM CST Wed Dec 10 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... $$ FLZ112-111200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0094.000000T0000Z-251211T1200Z/ Coastal Bay- 1133 PM CST Wed Dec 10 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Thursday. * 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. && $$ FLZ114-111700- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0094.000000T0000Z-251212T0000Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1233 AM EST Thu Dec 11 2025 /1133 PM CST Wed Dec 10 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County State Park Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 11:29 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 34 hr | |
| Dec 10, 7:21 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | TAE | Jackson | 80 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.