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Rip Current Statement 55, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 1, 2026, 1:25 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 1, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2026, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 06:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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
- 2195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
086 WHUS42 KTAE 010625 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 225 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026 FLZ112-114-011830- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0055.260801T0900Z-260802T0400Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 225 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026 /125 AM CDT Sat Aug 1 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and 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 31, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 5:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Aug 1, 5:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 7:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 7:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Aug 1, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Aug 1, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 9:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Taylor | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 10:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 1, 11:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 117 min |
| Aug 1, 11:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Taylor | 116 min |
| Aug 1, 11:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:58 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 35 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.