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Rip Current Statement 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 19, 2026Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 19, 2026, 3:37 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 19, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2026, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 19, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 20, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 14 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 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 371 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

466 
WHUS42 KTAE 190837
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
437 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

FLZ114-200600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0063.260819T1600Z-260820T0600Z/
Coastal Gulf-
437 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026 /337 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/
TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...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 18, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		119 min
Aug 18, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	39 min
Aug 18, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	27 min
Aug 18, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		91 min
Aug 18, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		91 min
Aug 18, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Aug 19, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Aug 19, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Aug 19, 1:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	34 min
Aug 19, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Aug 19, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	45 min
Aug 19, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	38 min
Aug 19, 2:17 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more	11 hr
Aug 19, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	42 min
Aug 19, 2:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf	2 hr
Aug 19, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	25 min
Aug 19, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	38 min
Aug 19, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	44 min
Aug 19, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	45 min
Aug 19, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Washington	42 min
Aug 19, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton, Washington	50 min
Aug 19, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	32 min
Aug 19, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	47 min
Aug 19, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Aug 19, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf	37 min
Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	21 min
Aug 19, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Washington	59 min
Aug 19, 3:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Walton, Washington	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	67 min
Aug 19, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	30 min
Aug 19, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	27 min
Aug 19, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson	50 min
Aug 19, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun	54 min
Aug 19, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Aug 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla	48 min
Aug 19, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson	46 min
Aug 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	32 min
Aug 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	38 min
Aug 19, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	46 min
Aug 19, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	53 min
Aug 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	46 min
Aug 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	31 min
Aug 19, 6:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	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.