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Rip Current Statement 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 23, 2026Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 23, 2026, 5:21 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at May 23, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2026, 5:21 AM EDT (09:21 UTC)
In effect from
May 23, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 23, 2026, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 351 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2026-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1469 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2026-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1469 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

125 
WHUS42 KTAE 230921
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
521 AM EDT Sat May 23 2026

FLZ114-115-240300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0040.260523T1300Z-260524T0300Z/
Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
521 AM EDT Sat May 23 2026 /421 AM CDT Sat May 23 2026/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ this morning 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE38 min
May 23, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun50 min
May 23, 5:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf50 min
May 23, 6:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE86 min
May 23, 7:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin51 min
May 23, 7:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
May 23, 9:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE116 min
May 23, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson37 min
May 23, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden23 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.