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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 5, 2026, 11:58 PM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2026, 11:58 PM CST (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 06:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
219 WHUS42 KTAE 060558 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1258 AM EST Fri Mar 6 2026 FLZ108-112-114-061400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0015.260306T0558Z-260307T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1258 AM EST Fri Mar 6 2026 /1158 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and State Park Beaches in 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
568 WHUS42 KTAE 070540 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1240 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2026 FLZ108-112-114-071345- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260308T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1240 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2026 /1140 PM CST Fri Mar 6 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and State Park Beaches in Gulf County. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
220 WHUS42 KTAE 080523 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1223 AM EST Sun Mar 8 2026 FLZ108-112-114-081330- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260309T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1223 AM EST Sun Mar 8 2026 /1123 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and State Park Beaches in 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. && $$
130 WHUS42 KTAE 090542 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 142 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026 FLZ108-112-114-091345- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260310T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 142 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026 /1242 AM CDT Mon Mar 9 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and State Park Beaches in Gulf County. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 8:41 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:44 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 12 hr | |
| Mar 6, 11:27 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:28 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 21 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 48 min |
| Mar 6, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 29 min |
| Mar 6, 3:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 4:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 4:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 40 min |
| Mar 6, 5:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 62 min |
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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.