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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 7, 2026, 12:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 7, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2026, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 05:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
036 WHUS42 KTAE 070502 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 102 AM EDT Tue Apr 7 2026 FLZ115-080900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0024.260407T1100Z-260410T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 102 AM EDT Tue Apr 7 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
889 WHUS42 KTAE 080523 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 123 AM EDT Wed Apr 8 2026 FLZ108-114-090900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0024.260408T1100Z-260409T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Gulf- 123 AM EDT Wed Apr 8 2026 /1223 AM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and south-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-090900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260410T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 123 AM EDT Wed Apr 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin 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. && $$
334 WHUS42 KTAE 090528 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 128 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2026 FLZ112-100000- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260410T0000Z/ Coastal Bay- 1228 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-114-100900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260410T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Gulf- 128 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2026 /1228 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and south-facing 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. && $$ FLZ115-100900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260411T1000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 128 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
227 WHUS42 KTAE 091527 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1127 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2026 FLZ108-114-100900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260410T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Gulf- 1127 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2026 /1027 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and south-facing and State Park Gulf Count 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. && $$ FLZ112-100000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260410T0000Z/ Coastal Bay- 1027 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-101730- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260411T1000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1127 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday 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. && $$
482 WHUS42 KTAE 100906 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 506 AM EDT Fri Apr 10 2026 FLZ108-101715- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260410T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0025.260410T0906Z-260411T1000Z/ South Walton- 406 AM CDT Fri Apr 10 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-101015- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260410T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 506 AM EDT Fri Apr 10 2026 /406 AM CDT Fri Apr 10 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Surf heights will gradually decrease today with decreasing easterly winds. $$ FLZ115-101715- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-260411T1000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 506 AM EDT Fri Apr 10 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 12:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:24 AM CDT | Gale Warning | TAE | 55 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.