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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 13, 2026, 11:12 PM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 14, 2026, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2026, 11:12 PM CST (05:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2026, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2026, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:11 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 363 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
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
888 WHUS42 KTAE 140512 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1212 AM EST Wed Jan 14 2026 FLZ112-114-150800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0003.260114T2000Z-260116T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1212 AM EST Wed Jan 14 2026 /1112 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From this afternoon 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. && $$ DVD
1 follow-up statement
738 WHUS42 KTAE 150515 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1215 AM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 FLZ112-114-160600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260116T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1215 AM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 /1115 PM CST Wed Jan 14 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 11:07 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:31 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 36 hr | |
| Jan 14, 12:31 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 41 hr | |
| Jan 14, 12:26 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 21 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.