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High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 14, 2026Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this high surf advisory at Feb 14, 2026, 12:51 PM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 15, 2026, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 14, 2026, 12:51 PM CST (18:51 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 15, 2026, 10:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 15, 2026, 11:39 PM CST
In force: 14 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 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Feb 14, 12:41 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 12:41 PM CST, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 14, 12:51 PM CST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	59 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Florida, 2026 Every high surf advisory in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.