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Rip Current Statement 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 26, 2026, 3:03 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 26, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 65 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2026, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 26, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
516 WHUS42 KTAE 260803 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 403 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026 FLZ108-112-114-271000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0053.260726T1600Z-260728T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 403 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026 /303 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights building to 2 to 3 feet on Sunday afternoon. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
546 WHUS42 KTAE 270659 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 259 AM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026 FLZ108-112-114-280900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-260728T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 259 AM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026 /159 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf heights 2 to 3 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
388 WHUS42 KTAE 280842 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 442 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 FLZ108-112-280945- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-260728T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 342 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ FLZ114-290900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-260729T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 442 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 /342 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Westerly winds and swell today will favor the west-facing beach of Gulf County for a High Risk of Rip Currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
105 WHUS42 KTAE 281516 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1116 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 FLZ112-290900- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-260729T0900Z/ Coastal Bay- 1016 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay 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. && $$ FLZ114-290900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-260729T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1116 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 /1016 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
351 WHUS42 KTAE 290824 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 424 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 FLZ112-114-300900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0054.260729T1900Z-260730T0900Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-260729T0900Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 424 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 /324 AM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...West winds will increase this afternoon, raising the rip current risk along the west- and southwest- facing beaches of Bay and Gulf Counties. 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 26, 11:54 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 31 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:54 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Jul 26, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 29 min | |
| Jul 26, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 40 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.