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Rip Current Statement 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 6, 2026, 11:19 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 7, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2026, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2026, 3:00 AM 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 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
063 WHUS42 KTAE 061619 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1219 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 FLZ114-070800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0046.260707T1600Z-260708T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1219 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 /1119 AM CDT Mon Jul 6 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southwest winds around 15 mph will maintain sufficient surf to increase rip current strength and frequency. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
261 WHUS42 KTAE 070935 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 535 AM EDT Tue Jul 7 2026 FLZ114-080800- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0046.260707T1600Z-260708T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf- 535 AM EDT Tue Jul 7 2026 /435 AM CDT Tue Jul 7 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 1:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jul 6, 5:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Jul 6, 5:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Jul 6, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 70 min | |
| Jul 6, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Jul 6, 10:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 52 min | |
| Jul 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 12:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 70 min | |
| Jul 6, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 31 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.