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Rip Current Statement 50, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 17, 2026Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 17, 2026, 2:45 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2026, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 24 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 07:50 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 371 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1826 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

550 
WHUS42 KTAE 170745
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
345 AM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

FLZ114-180800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0050.260717T0745Z-260718T0800Z/
Coastal Gulf-
345 AM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026 /245 AM CDT Fri Jul 17 2026/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Saint Joseph State Park and west facing beaches of Gulf
  County.

* 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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Jul 17, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	48 min
Jul 17, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	38 min
Jul 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	30 min
Jul 17, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor	37 min
Jul 17, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	34 min
Jul 17, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	37 min
Jul 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jul 17, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	55 min
Jul 17, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Taylor	46 min
Jul 17, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	41 min
Jul 17, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla	65 min
Jul 17, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 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.