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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 17, 2026, 3:19 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2026, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
058 WHUS42 KTAE 170819 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 419 AM EDT Tue Mar 17 2026 FLZ114-180300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0018.260317T0819Z-260318T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 419 AM EDT Tue Mar 17 2026 /319 AM CDT Tue Mar 17 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:28 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 11 hr | |
| Mar 17, 2:06 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 18 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.