Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Oct 31, 2012, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 31, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT

Expired

Oct 31, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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765 
WHUS42 KTAE 310651
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
251 AM EDT WED OCT 31 2012

...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FOR BEACHES ALONG BAY AND
GULF COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
AND A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SPRAWLING MUCH OF THE EASTERN
U.S. WILL GENERATE ENHANCED SURF ALONG WESTWARD FACING PANHANDLE
BEACHES TODAY. THE WINDS AND SURF WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A HIGH
RISK FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS...PRIMARILY FOR BEACHES ALONG BAY AND
GULF COUNTIES.

FLZ112-114-010000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0028.121031T1200Z-121101T0000Z/
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
251 AM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 /151 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2012/

...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FOR BEACHES ALONG BAY AND
GULF COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* LOCATION...WESTWARD FACING BEACHES ALONG BAY AND GULF COUNTIES.

* WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 FEET.

* TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DEADLY RIP CURRENTS COULD SWEEP SWIMMERS AWAY FROM
  SHORE...LEAD TO EXHAUSTION...AND POSSIBLE DROWNING.

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. 

&&

$$

HARRIGAN

331 
WHUS42 KTAE 311556
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1156 AM EDT WED OCT 31 2012

...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES FOR BEACHES ALONG BAY AND
GULF COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO AND A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SPRAWLING MUCH OF THE
EASTERN U.S. WILL GENERATE ENHANCED SURF ALONG WESTWARD FACING
PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY. THE WINDS AND SURF WILL COMBINE TO
CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS...PRIMARILY FOR
BEACHES ALONG BAY AND GULF COUNTIES.

FLZ112-114-010000-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
1156 AM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 /1056 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2012/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...WESTWARD FACING BEACHES ALONG BAY AND GULF COUNTIES.

* WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 FEET.

* TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DEADLY RIP CURRENTS COULD SWEEP SWIMMERS AWAY FROM 
  SHORE...LEAD TO EXHAUSTION...AND POSSIBLE DROWNING. 

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.

&&

$$

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