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Rip Current Statement 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 30, 2026, 11:25 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2026, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 1251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
550 WHUS42 KTAE 301625 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1225 PM EDT Sun Aug 30 2026 FLZ108-310500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0065.260830T1625Z-260831T0500Z/ South Walton- 1125 AM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through 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 30, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min | |
| Aug 30, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 25 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.