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Rip Current Statement 98, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 29, 2025, 1:24 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 29, 2025, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2025, 1:24 AM CST (07:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2025, 5:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2025, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
006 WHUS42 KTAE 290724 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 224 AM EST Mon Dec 29 2025 FLZ114-291930- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0098.251229T1100Z-251231T1200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 224 AM EST Mon Dec 29 2025 /124 AM CST Mon Dec 29 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ this morning through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong post-frontal north to northwest breezes will make for hazardous beach conditions the next couple of days with forecast surf heights exceeding 2 feet. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
396 WHUS42 KTAE 300702 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 202 AM EST Tue Dec 30 2025 FLZ114-310715- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0098.000000T0000Z-251231T1200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 202 AM EST Tue Dec 30 2025 /102 AM CST Tue Dec 30 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ this morning through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
789 WHUS42 KTAE 310619 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 119 AM EST Wed Dec 31 2025 FLZ114-311200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0098.000000T0000Z-251231T1200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 119 AM EST Wed Dec 31 2025 /1219 AM CST Wed Dec 31 2025/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ this morning through Wednesday 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 28, 11:20 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 34 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.