Rip Current Statements in Florida
4,090 rip current statements since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of rip current statements reaches back to 2005.
Rip Current Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Rip Current Statements
- 4,090
- Busiest year
- 2022334 rip current statements
- Average year
- 241over 17 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gulf County1,120
- Bay County1,007
- Walton County997
- Franklin County779
- Palm Beach County594
- Volusia County522
- Broward County503
- Miami-Dade County486
- Flagler County448
- Nassau County442
- Escambia County394
- Okaloosa County394
- Santa Rosa County394
- Pinellas County372
- Duval County367
- Manatee County362
- Sarasota County361
- Charlotte County352
- Lee County351
- Hillsborough County345
- Brevard County156
- Martin County150
- Saint Lucie County150
- Indian River County148
- Collier County121
- Saint Johns County53
- Monroe County4
- Seminole County2
- Pasco County2
- Wakulla County1
- Citrus County1
- Hernando County1
- Levy County1
- Clay County1
- Putnam County1
The latest rip current statements
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 3:33 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 52 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:56 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia | 50 hr |
| Sep 15, 12:20 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 56 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:26 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 3 days |
| Sep 14, 2:25 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Saint Johns | 4 days |
| Sep 9, 2:02 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Franklin | 22 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:06 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia | 19 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Saint Johns | 54 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:21 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 26 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:12 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Saint Johns | 45 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:49 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Walton | 14 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:25 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Walton | 13 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.