Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Jun 26, 2012, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 2012, 3:27 AM CDT

In force

11 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 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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755 
WHUS42 KTAE 262107
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
507 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES...

.LINGERING SWELLS FROM TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

FLZ108-112-271000-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120626T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0016.120626T2107Z-120628T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
407 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE
HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* SURF...3 TO 5 FEET.

* TIMING...THROUGH AT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR 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. 

&&

$$

FLZ114-115-271000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0016.120626T2107Z-120628T0000Z/
COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
507 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

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

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

* SURF...3 TO 5 FEET.

* TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR 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. 

&&

$$

CAMP

698 
WHUS42 KTAE 270827
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
427 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...


FLZ108-112-114-115-270930-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-120628T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
427 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 /327 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2012/

...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. 

$$

17-GOULD

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.