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Rip Current Statement 67, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 9, 2026, 2:02 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2026, 2:02 AM EDT (06:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Franklin County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 331 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
- 1231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
594 WHUS42 KTAE 090602 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 202 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2026 FLZ115-091700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0067.260909T0602Z-260909T1700Z/ Coastal Franklin- 202 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 1 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip current risk will decrease this afternoon, as easterly winds ease across the Northeast Gulf. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
834 WHUS42 KTAE 091643 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1243 PM EDT Wed Sep 9 2026 FLZ115-100400- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0067.000000T0000Z-260910T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1243 PM EDT Wed Sep 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...After coordination with beach safety officials, the high rip current risk has been extended until midnight EDT tonight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Sep 9, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 7:29 PM EDT | 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.