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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 19, 2026, 4:28 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 19, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2026, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
853 WHUS42 KTAE 190928 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 528 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 FLZ114-200200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0027.260419T1200Z-260420T0200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 528 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 /428 AM CDT Sun Apr 19 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Gusty post-frontal NW winds bring a high risk of rip currents to St Joseph State Park beaches today. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
719 WHUS42 KTAE 191513 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1113 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 FLZ114-200200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-260420T0200Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1113 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 /1013 AM CDT Sun Apr 19 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...St Joseph State Park beaches of Gulf County. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DVD
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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.