Rip Current Statement
NWS Tallahassee FL ยท US
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High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Through Late Tonight
- Event
- Rip Current Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
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.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- South Walton
- Coastal Bay
- Coastal Gulf
- Coastal Franklin
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tallahassee FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Q6QX0TVAZZTENHY3V56721
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9b0ccebc23e9aeb76e7b4914d563e51bb1ebf43b.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Tallahassee FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTAE
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3917
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f59d7408fbf4788b7d0835a6976186e78ed987a6.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWTAE |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KTAE 170811 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0068.000000T0000Z-260918T0800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T04:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a99108c5950253a5b995da17b2d1f5a5823c6275.002.1,2026-09-16T03:26:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a99108c5950253a5b995da17b2d1f5a5823c6275.001.1,2026-09-16T03:26:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5f1ddd19dfa7d292de94cf6206c0cdb9ae01b706.001.1,2026-09-15T11:29:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f59d7408fbf4788b7d0835a6976186e78ed987a6.001.1,2026-09-15T03:26:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- South Walton
- Coastal Bay
- Coastal Gulf
- Coastal Franklin
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012131 |
| SAME | 012005 |
| SAME | 012045 |
| SAME | 012037 |
| UGC | FLZ108 |
| UGC | FLZ112 |
| UGC | FLZ114 |
| UGC | FLZ115 |