Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Jun 6, 2012, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WHUS42 KTAE 061351
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
951 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

...STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE TODAY ALONG
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES...

.STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND SEAS ARE
LIKELY TO BUILD INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS WELL. A LARGE AREA OF
BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE GULF OF
MEXICO...STRETCHING BACK TO THE YUCATAN STRAIT...WILL GENERATE
LONGER PERIOD SWELL WAVES THAT MAY ALSO ENHANCE THE RIP CURRENT
RISK. THE SWELL WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO IMPACT GULF AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES...AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST LONGER AT THOSE BEACHES
AS WELL. THEREFORE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SHOULD BE HIGHEST
AROUND ST. JOSEPH STATE PARK AND ST. GEORGE ISLAND STATE PARK.

FLZ108-112-114-115-070200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0011.120606T1351Z-120607T0200Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
951 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 /851 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2012/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* SURF...2 TO 3 FEET.

* WINDS...ONSHORE AROUND 15 MPH...SUBSIDING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE
  IN THE AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...HIGHEST RISK THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP
  CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE
  ENTERING THE WATER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL
CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR
MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE
VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED
THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO
FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...
DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE.
ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO
SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A
RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. 

&&

$$

08-LAMERS

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.