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Rip Current Statement 61, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 17, 2026, 2:21 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 17, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2026, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 17, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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
- 2151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
572 WHUS42 KTAE 170721 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 321 AM EDT Mon Aug 17 2026 FLZ112-114-180800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0061.260817T1600Z-260818T0800Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 321 AM EDT Mon Aug 17 2026 /221 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today 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 17, 12:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Walton | 30 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:40 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Aug 17, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Aug 17, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 23 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.