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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 9, 2026, 2:53 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2026, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 07:53 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
058 WHUS42 KTAE 090753 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 353 AM EDT Sat May 9 2026 FLZ108-112-114-092200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0034.260509T0753Z-260509T2200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 353 AM EDT Sat May 9 2026 /253 AM CDT Sat May 9 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A short-lived surge of southeast wind from about midnight to 3 am CDT came with gusts to gale-force. The wind has died down now, but this kicked up enough surf to confidently bring a high risk of rip currents through this morning. The surf zone effects of the overnight wind surge will fade this afternoon, so the risk of rip currents will also fade away by late afternoon. 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 8, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| May 9, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| May 9, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| May 9, 11:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| May 9, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| May 9, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| May 9, 1:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| May 9, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| May 9, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 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.