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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 24, 2026, 12:18 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 25, 2026, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2026, 12:18 AM CST (06:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2026, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2026, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 57 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 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
835 WHUS42 KTAE 240618 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 118 AM EST Sat Jan 24 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-241430- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0006.260125T1200Z-260127T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 118 AM EST Sat Jan 24 2026 /1218 AM CST Sat Jan 24 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through late Monday night. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
929 WHUS42 KTAE 241616 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1116 AM EST Sat Jan 24 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-251630- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0006.260125T1200Z-260127T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1116 AM EST Sat Jan 24 2026 /1016 AM CST Sat Jan 24 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
717 WHUS42 KTAE 250622 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 122 AM EST Sun Jan 25 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-260630- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0006.260125T1200Z-260127T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 122 AM EST Sun Jan 25 2026 /1222 AM CST Sun Jan 25 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through late Monday night. * 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. && $$
031 WHUS42 KTAE 260551 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1251 AM EST Mon Jan 26 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-270600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260127T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1251 AM EST Mon Jan 26 2026 /1151 PM CST Sun Jan 25 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
260 WHUS42 KTAE 270549 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1249 AM EST Tue Jan 27 2026 FLZ108-112-115-270700- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260127T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 1249 AM EST Tue Jan 27 2026 /1149 PM CST Mon Jan 26 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... A moderate rip current risk is forecast today for Walton, Bay, and Franklin County beaches. $$ FLZ114-272100- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-260127T2100Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1249 AM EST Tue Jan 27 2026 /1149 PM CST Mon Jan 26 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 12:18 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 3 days | |
| Jan 24, 10:52 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 2 more | 30 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.