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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 24, 2026, 10:16 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2026, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 317 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
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
033 WHUS42 KTAE 241516 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1116 AM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026 FLZ108-112-250300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0029.260424T1516Z-260425T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1016 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 10 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 32 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.