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Rip Current Statement 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 13, 2026, 2:33 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jul 13, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2026, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 1739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
388 WHUS42 KTAE 130733 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 333 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-131545- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0047.260713T1000Z-260714T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 333 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026 /233 AM CDT Mon Jul 13 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
956 WHUS42 KTAE 131520 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1120 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-140600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0047.000000T0000Z-260714T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1120 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026 /1020 AM CDT Mon Jul 13 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:21 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 23 hr | |
| Jul 13, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Jul 13, 7:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 7:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 49 min | |
| Jul 13, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 13, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 13, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 9:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 10:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 48 min | |
| Jul 13, 10:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 11:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Jul 13, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 13, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 13, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 71 min | |
| Jul 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 13, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 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.