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Rip Current Statement 57, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 4, 2026Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 4, 2026, 10:56 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2026, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
11 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 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 348 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1160 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

821 
WHUS42 KTAE 041556
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1156 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2026

FLZ114-050300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0057.260804T1556Z-260805T0300Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1156 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2026 /1056 AM CDT Tue Aug 4 2026/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...West facing Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 10:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE56 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.