Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Apr 19, 2013, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 19, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT

Expired

Apr 19, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

14 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 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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717 
WHUS42 KTAE 190757
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
357 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

...STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY ALONG PANHANDLE
BEACHES FROM DESTIN TO ST. GEORGE ISLAND...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AT THE BEACHES...AND
STRONGER JUST OFFSHORE...WILL COMBINE WITH BUILDING SEAS AND SURF
TO CAUSE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY. A FRONT
WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY...SHIFTING THE WINDS TO
OFFSHORE...BUT THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PROBABLY PERSIST
INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

FLZ108-112-114-115-200000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0015.130419T1000Z-130420T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
357 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013 /257 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013/

...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. 

* WAVES AND SURF: BREAKERS 3 TO 4 FEET TODAY.

* IMPACTS: RIP CURRENTS WILL POSE A DANGER TO ANYONE ENTERING THE
  WATER TODAY.

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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