Rip Current Statement
NWS Tallahassee FL ยท US
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Details
High Rip Current Risk In Effect From 1 PM CDT This Afternoon Through Saturday Morning
- 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 and Bay County Beaches.
When
From 1 PM CDT this afternoon through Saturday morning.
Impacts
Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Additional details
Forecast surf heights up to 3 feet fosters a high rip current at the Panhandle beaches beginning this afternoon and persisting into at least this weekend.
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
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tallahassee FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~27s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3V5YA2CW8KZ2D2FDFX19ETF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4f5550fad290770f23915db7ce974593ff5acef4.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Tallahassee FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTAE
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2806
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWTAE |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KTAE 010730 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0070.261001T1800Z-261003T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-03T08:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- South Walton
- Coastal Bay
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012131 |
| SAME | 012005 |
| UGC | FLZ108 |
| UGC | FLZ112 |