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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 21, 2026, 2:23 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at May 21, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2026, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 375 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
- 1142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
423 WHUS42 KTAE 210723 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 323 AM EDT Thu May 21 2026 FLZ112-114-115-220400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0038.260521T1800Z-260522T0400Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 323 AM EDT Thu May 21 2026 /223 AM CDT Thu May 21 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay, Gulf State Park, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 4:59 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 3 more | 4 hr |
| May 21, 5:44 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 3 hr | |
| May 21, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 44 min |
| May 21, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 50 min |
| May 21, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 46 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.