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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 2, 2026, 3:28 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at May 2, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2026, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 328 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -3.3
The text
As transmitted.
871 WHUS42 KTAE 020728 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 328 AM EDT Sat May 2 2026 FLZ114-115-030900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0031.260502T0800Z-260503T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 328 AM EDT Sat May 2 2026 /228 AM CDT Sat May 2 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches along with the South-facing and State Park Beaches of Gulf County. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| May 2, 6:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| May 2, 6:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| May 2, 8:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 97 min | |
| May 2, 8:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 37 min |
| May 2, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 56 min |
| May 2, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| May 2, 10:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 37 min |
| May 2, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 30 min |
Nearby
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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.