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Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 7, 2026, 2:36 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at May 7, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2026, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 690 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted.
913 WHUS42 KTAE 070736 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 336 AM EDT Thu May 7 2026 FLZ108-112-114-080900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0033.260507T0800Z-260508T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 336 AM EDT Thu May 7 2026 /236 AM CDT Thu May 7 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and the 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
349 WHUS42 KTAE 080741 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 341 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026 FLZ108-112-114-082200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-260508T2200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 341 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026 /241 AM CDT Fri May 8 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and the State Park Beaches of Gulf County. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 56 min |
| May 7, 8:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 60 min |
| May 7, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 40 min |
| May 7, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 54 min |
| May 7, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 7, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 39 min |
| May 7, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 41 min |
| May 7, 10:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 27 min |
| May 7, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 53 min |
| May 7, 10:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 33 min |
| May 7, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 50 min |
| May 7, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 62 min |
| May 7, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 64 min |
| May 7, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 36 min |
| May 7, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 66 min |
| May 7, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 31 min |
| May 7, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 27 min |
| May 7, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| May 7, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 53 min |
| May 7, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 27 min |
| May 7, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 53 min |
| May 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| May 7, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 48 min | |
| May 7, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Liberty | 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.