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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 3, 2026Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 3, 2026, 4:39 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2026, 4:39 AM CDT (09:39 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
16 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 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2026-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2026-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -84 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

777 
WHUS42 KTAE 030939
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
539 AM EDT Sun May 3 2026

FLZ114-040200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0032.260503T0939Z-260504T0200Z/
Coastal Gulf-
539 AM EDT Sun May 3 2026 /439 AM CDT Sun May 3 2026/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...St Joseph State Park Beaches of Gulf County.

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.