Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Aug 17, 2013, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)

Expired

Aug 18, 2013, 1:45 AM CDT

In force

14 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 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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386 
WHUS42 KTAE 171644
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1244 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 2013

...INCREASING SURF WILL BRING STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP
CURRENTS...

.BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL
CAUSE INCREASING SURF THIS WEEKEND. RIP CURRENTS WILL BECOME MORE
LIKELY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...AND STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP
CURRENTS ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING AND INTO SUNDAY ALONG THE
BAY...WALTON...AND GULF COUNTY COASTLINES.

FLZ108-112-114-180930-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0029.130817T1644Z-130819T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
1244 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 2013 /1144 AM CDT SAT AUG 17 2013/

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

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

* WAVES AND SURF...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FEET.

* TIMING...SURF AND RIP CURRENTS INCREASING BY SUNDAY MORNING AND 
  REMAINING STRONG ON SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...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. 

&&

$$

08-LAMERS

452 
WHUS42 KTAE 180645
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
245 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013

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

.PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS WILL CAUSE INCREASING SURF TODAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE
BEACHES. STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY INTO THIS
EVENING ALONG WALTON...BAY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT GULF COUNTY
COASTLINES.

FLZ108-112-114-182330-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-130819T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0030.130818T1200Z-130819T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
245 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013 /145 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2013/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* WAVES AND SURF...BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FEET.

* TIMING...SURF AND RIP CURRENTS INCREASING THIS MORNING AND
  REMAINING STRONG INTO THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...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. 

&&

$$

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