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Rip Current Statement 59, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 14, 2026, 10:22 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2026, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
385 WHUS42 KTAE 141522 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1122 AM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026 FLZ114-150300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0059.260814T1522Z-260815T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1122 AM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026 /1022 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 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 and St. Joseph State Park. * 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 11:38 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 68 min |
| Aug 14, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 78 min |
| Aug 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor | 115 min |
| Aug 14, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 18 min |
| Aug 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 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.