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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 24, 2026, 10:46 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2026, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2026, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 days
- 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 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 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
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
054 WHUS42 KTAE 241646 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1146 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 FLZ112-114-250800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0013.260224T1646Z-260225T0800Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1146 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 /1046 AM CST Tue Feb 24 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches and the State Park Beaches of Gulf County. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
785 WHUS42 KTAE 250530 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1230 AM EST Wed Feb 25 2026 FLZ115-260530- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0014.260225T1800Z-260228T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1230 AM EST Wed Feb 25 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From this afternoon through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-260530- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260228T0600Z/ South Walton- 1130 PM CST Tue Feb 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$ FLZ112-114-260530- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260228T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1230 AM EST Wed Feb 25 2026 /1130 PM CST Tue Feb 24 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
014 WHUS42 KTAE 260538 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1238 AM EST Thu Feb 26 2026 FLZ108-112-114-270600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260228T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1238 AM EST Thu Feb 26 2026 /1138 PM CST Wed Feb 25 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday 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. && $$ FLZ115-270600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-260228T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1238 AM EST Thu Feb 26 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
769 WHUS42 KTAE 270510 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1210 AM EST Fri Feb 27 2026 FLZ108-112-114-280600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260228T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1210 AM EST Fri Feb 27 2026 /1110 PM CST Thu Feb 26 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf 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. && $$ FLZ115-280600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-260228T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1210 AM EST Fri Feb 27 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DVD
346 WHUS42 KTAE 280545 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1245 AM EST Sat Feb 28 2026 FLZ115-280645- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-260228T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1245 AM EST Sat Feb 28 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... A moderate risk of rip currents is expected for today along the Franklin county beaches. $$ FLZ108-112-114-010600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260301T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1245 AM EST Sat Feb 28 2026 /1145 PM CST Fri Feb 27 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.