Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Oct 1, 2012, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)

Expired

Oct 1, 2012, 5:09 PM CDT

In force

15 hr

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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724 
WHUS42 KTAE 010646
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
246 AM EDT MON OCT 1 2012

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL WALTON..BAY
AND GULF COUNTIES...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A LOW PRESSURE CENTER CURRENTLY OVER MISSISSIPPI WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST DRAGGING A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...ONSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG COASTAL AREAS. THIS WILL
BUILD SURF INCREASING THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. SURF
HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO SIX FEET IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
THIS WOULD POSE A THREAT TO BOTH SWIMMERS AS WELL AS INCREASED
POTENTIAL FOR BEACH EROSION INTO TONIGHT.
 
FLZ108-112-114-020300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0006.121001T0646Z-121002T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0026.121001T0646Z-121002T0300Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
246 AM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 /146 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* SURF...4 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 6 FOOT SETS

* TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THREAT TO EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS AND DAMAGING BEACH 
            EROSION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

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. 

&&

$$

BLOCK/WOOL

682 
WHUS42 KTAE 012209
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
609 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

FLZ108-112-114-012315-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-121002T0300Z/
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-121002T0300Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
609 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 /509 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2012/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

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.