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Rip Current Statement 96, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 17, 2025, 6:35 PM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 18, 2025, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2025, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2025, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 51 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 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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
- 1301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
560 WHUS42 KTAE 180035 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 735 PM EST Wed Dec 17 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-190800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0096.251218T1500Z-251219T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 735 PM EST Wed Dec 17 2025 /635 PM CST Wed Dec 17 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through late Thursday night. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
541 WHUS42 KTAE 190541 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1241 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-191345- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-251220T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1241 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 /1141 PM CST Thu Dec 18 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
419 WHUS42 KTAE 191635 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1135 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 FLZ108-112-114-115-200700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-251220T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1135 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 /1035 AM CST Fri Dec 19 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin 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. && $$
076 WHUS42 KTAE 200524 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1224 AM EST Sat Dec 20 2025 FLZ114-115-200630- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-251220T0700Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1224 AM EST Sat Dec 20 2025 /1124 PM CST Fri Dec 19 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... A moderate rip current risk is forecast for Gulf and Franklin County beaches today. $$ FLZ108-112-201330- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0096.000000T0000Z-251220T1800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1124 PM CST Fri Dec 19 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * 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 17, 8:49 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 39 hr | |
| Dec 18, 1:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Dec 18, 2:17 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Dec 18, 3:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 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.