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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 8, 2026, 11:20 PM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 9, 2026, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2026, 11:20 PM CST (05:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2026, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2026, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 61 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 05:20 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, 5.3 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
623 WHUS42 KTAE 090520 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1220 AM EST Fri Jan 9 2026 FLZ108-112-114-100800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0002.260109T1800Z-260111T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1220 AM EST Fri Jan 9 2026 /1120 PM CST Thu Jan 8 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and the State Park Beaches of Gulf County. * WHEN...From this afternoon through late Saturday 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. && $$ DVD
2 follow-up statements
802 WHUS42 KTAE 100520 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1220 AM EST Sat Jan 10 2026 FLZ115-110800- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260112T0700Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1220 AM EST Sat Jan 10 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-110800- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260112T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1220 AM EST Sat Jan 10 2026 /1120 PM CST Fri Jan 9 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday 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. && $$ DVD
460 WHUS42 KTAE 110539 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1239 AM EST Sun Jan 11 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-120700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260112T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1239 AM EST Sun Jan 11 2026 /1139 PM CST Sat Jan 10 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 6:01 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 15 hr | |
| Jan 8, 10:44 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 10 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.