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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 23, 2026, 2:20 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 23, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2026, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 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 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 2531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
237 WHUS42 KTAE 230720 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 320 AM EDT Mon Mar 23 2026 FLZ114-240800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0019.260323T1200Z-260324T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf- 320 AM EDT Mon Mar 23 2026 /220 AM CDT Mon Mar 23 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...State Park Beaches of Gulf County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
499 WHUS42 KTAE 240800 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 400 AM EDT Tue Mar 24 2026 FLZ114-240900- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-260324T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf- 400 AM EDT Tue Mar 24 2026 /300 AM CDT Tue Mar 24 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:19 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison, Taylor | 101 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.