Rip Current Statement
NWS Tallahassee FL ยท US
Updated
This event was updated at .
Details
High Rip Current Risk Now In Effect Through Late Saturday Night
- 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.
Where
Walton and Bay County Beaches.
When
Through late Saturday 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
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tallahassee FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~19s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3XQDGKGWM3JT6NERTBGC40B
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.32ecb5bbf878cd0af5e9cedd5f2bfdb242adda06.002.1
- 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.2358
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWTAE |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KTAE 020714 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0070.000000T0000Z-261004T0800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-04T04:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- South Walton
- Coastal Bay
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012131 |
| SAME | 012005 |
| UGC | FLZ108 |
| UGC | FLZ112 |