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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 22, 2026, 1:08 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2026, 1:08 AM EST (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Franklin County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 308 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
- 1901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
544 WHUS42 KTAE 220608 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 108 AM EST Sun Feb 22 2026 FLZ115-230000- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260222T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0012.260222T0608Z-260223T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 108 AM EST Sun Feb 22 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County 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. && $$ FLZ114-230615- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260224T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 108 AM EST Sun Feb 22 2026 /1208 AM CST Sun Feb 22 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-230600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260223T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1208 AM CST Sun Feb 22 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 7:57 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 9 hr | |
| Feb 22, 1:17 AM EST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:28 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 21 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.