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Rip Current Statement 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 29, 2026, 3:24 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 29, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2026, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 368 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
- 1868 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
538 WHUS42 KTAE 300816 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 416 AM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026 FLZ114-310900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0054.000000T0000Z-260731T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 416 AM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026 /316 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...West-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-300930- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0054.000000T0000Z-260730T0900Z/ Coastal Bay- 316 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT early this morning. * 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. && $$
009 WHUS42 KTAE 310624 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 224 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2026 FLZ114-010400- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0054.000000T0000Z-260801T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 224 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2026 /124 AM CDT Fri Jul 31 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...West-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 11:31 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 68 min |
| Jul 29, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jul 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 21 min |
| Jul 29, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 62 min |
| Jul 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 29, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 74 min |
| Jul 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Jul 29, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 95 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.