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Rip Current Statement 68, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 15, 2026, 2:26 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2026, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 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 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
936 WHUS42 KTAE 150726 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 326 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026 FLZ115-160800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0068.260916T0000Z-260918T0800Z/ Coastal Franklin- 326 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From this evening through late Thursday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
265 WHUS42 KTAE 151529 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1129 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026 FLZ115-160830- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0068.260915T1700Z-260918T0800Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1129 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
648 WHUS42 KTAE 160726 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 326 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 FLZ108-112-114-170800- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0068.000000T0000Z-260918T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 326 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 /226 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and south-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday 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. && $$ FLZ115-170800- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0068.000000T0000Z-260918T0800Z/ Coastal Franklin- 326 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
199 WHUS42 KTAE 170811 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 411 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026 FLZ108-112-114-115-180800- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0068.000000T0000Z-260918T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 411 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026 /311 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, south-facing Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 11:32 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 64 hr | |
| Sep 15, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 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.