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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 30, 2026, 2:57 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2026, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
949 WHUS42 KTAE 300757 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 357 AM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 FLZ114-310100- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0021.260330T0757Z-260331T0100Z/ Coastal Gulf- 357 AM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 /257 AM CDT Mon Mar 30 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...South-facing 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. && $$ FLZ115-310100- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260331T0100Z/ Coastal Franklin- 357 AM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
738 WHUS42 KTAE 301600 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1200 PM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 FLZ108-310100- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0022.260330T1600Z-260331T0100Z/ South Walton- 1100 AM CDT Mon Mar 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT 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. && $$ FLZ114-310100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260331T0100Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1200 PM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 /1100 AM CDT Mon Mar 30 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...South-Facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-310100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260331T0100Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1200 PM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT 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 30, 11:00 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Walton | 9 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.