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Rip Current Statement 56, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 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 05:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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
- 3691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 16.8
The text
As transmitted.
316 WHUS42 KTAE 020526 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 126 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-031200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0056.260802T0526Z-260803T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 126 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 /1226 AM CDT Sun Aug 2 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
475 WHUS42 KTAE 030653 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 253 AM EDT Mon Aug 3 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-040600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0056.000000T0000Z-260804T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 253 AM EDT Mon Aug 3 2026 /153 AM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 7:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Aug 2, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Aug 2, 8:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 9:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Aug 2, 9:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 10:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Aug 2, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 12:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty, Washington | 11 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 2:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Aug 2, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 52 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 3:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 49 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.