Rip Current Statement

NWS Tallahassee FL · US

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This event was updated at 2026-10-11 08:10:00 UTC.

Details

High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Through Late Tonight

Event: Rip Current Statement
Issued: 2026-10-05 17:32:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-10-05 17:32:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-10-06 09:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-10-06 09:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Dangerous rip currents.

Where

Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

When

Through late tonight.

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: 2026-10-05 17:32:54 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~55s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Alert
Lifecycle: New
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M46J0B7MBYTZ913851EQBWF6
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a36f5b22221c7f6c7be60075a4256bc559aa80bb.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.4373
WMO heading: XOUS52
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 52

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.411ab6801964f67929a526287235a84926a0484d.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-04 06:14:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a9e0b8e67641e90b0c896bbe8cea479887af60b4.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-03 18:27:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6cdefb92e86c1a1a9bb1159661e435cc1b5ba372.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-03 07:34:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.32ecb5bbf878cd0af5e9cedd5f2bfdb242adda06.002.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-02 07:14:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.32ecb5bbf878cd0af5e9cedd5f2bfdb242adda06.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-02 07:14:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4f5550fad290770f23915db7ce974593ff5acef4.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-01 07:30:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	RPS

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	CFWTAE
WMOidentifier	WHUS42 KTAE 051732
NWSheadline	HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0070.000000T0000Z-261006T0900Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-10-06T05:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	[email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.411ab6801964f67929a526287235a84926a0484d.001.1,2026-10-04T02:14:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a9e0b8e67641e90b0c896bbe8cea479887af60b4.001.1,2026-10-03T14:27:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6cdefb92e86c1a1a9bb1159661e435cc1b5ba372.001.1,2026-10-03T03:34:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.32ecb5bbf878cd0af5e9cedd5f2bfdb242adda06.002.1,2026-10-02T03:14:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.32ecb5bbf878cd0af5e9cedd5f2bfdb242adda06.001.1,2026-10-02T03:14:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4f5550fad290770f23915db7ce974593ff5acef4.001.1,2026-10-01T03:30:00-04:00

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