Rip Current Statement

NWS Tallahassee FL · US

Updated

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

Details

High Surf Advisory In Effect Until 7 PM CDT This Evening... ...High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Through Late Sunday Night... ...High Surf Warning Is Cancelled... ...Coastal Flood Advisory Has Expired

Event: Rip Current Statement
Issued: 2026-10-10 16:06:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-10-10 16:06:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-10-11 00:15:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-10-12 08:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents.

Where

Walton and Bay County Beaches.

When

For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late Sunday night.

Impacts

Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

Instructions

Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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: 2026-10-10 16:06:34 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~35s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M4K91VCW7C25FPMT7RBJPFP7
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.65669f0191cf759dc827781f059c153571609c04.001.4
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.6023
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.f811a8a3cf0feebb01dc96d59e5005ac12669ed0.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-08 06:51:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e75476cc80d04a4d3cff50c138c2c7a4eb0d85af.001.3
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-10 08:52:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.61a9c28afc942be6bafb482b4e754a3ec5a696db.001.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-10 06:11:00 UTC

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Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-09 15:37:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ee8ae0ca901231b46eeda3169e62209a50dc65a8.001.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-09 09:03:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a4e95889c56982683a735fcb84958b69a83c34eb.001.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-08 16:00:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ac1b061f61601614618b855440b463a63d3806bf.001.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-09 03:10:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.57fe548448cc90272c6236031a0cd89d5d96e6c4.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-07 07:21:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.83575a9f79022b730c0570fe49ed509b0e16f677.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-06 07:16:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a36f5b22221c7f6c7be60075a4256bc559aa80bb.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-05 17:32:00 UTC

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:2.49.0.1.840.0.4f5550fad290770f23915db7ce974593ff5acef4.001.1
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 101606
NWSheadline	HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0070.000000T0000Z-261012T0800Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-10-12T04:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

South Walton
Coastal Bay

Name	Value
SAME	012131
SAME	012005
UGC	FLZ108
UGC	FLZ112