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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 11, 2026, 7:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2026, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
398 WHUS42 KTAE 120048 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 848 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026 FLZ108-112-114-130600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0016.260312T0048Z-260313T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 848 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026 /748 PM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday 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. && $$ DVD
2 follow-up statements
651 WHUS42 KTAE 120716 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 316 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026 FLZ115-121530- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260313T0600Z/ Coastal Franklin- 316 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-121530- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260313T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 316 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026 /216 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 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. && $$
340 WHUS42 KTAE 121514 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1114 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-130600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260313T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1114 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026 /1014 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 1:19 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 8 hr | |
| Mar 12, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 118 min | |
| Mar 12, 3:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton, Washington | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 4:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Mar 12, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 94 min |
| Mar 12, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Mar 12, 7:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 56 min |
| Mar 12, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Mar 12, 7:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 8:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Mar 12, 8:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 9:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Mar 12, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 29 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.