Rip Current Statement 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Nov 27, 2013, 12:58 AM CST (06:58 UTC)

Expired

Nov 27, 2013, 6:00 PM CST

In force

17 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 07:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WHUS42 KTAE 270658
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
158 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STILL HAVE ENOUGH OF AN ONSHORE COMPONENT
ALONG THE WEST FACING BEACHES IN BAY AND GULF COUNTIES TO PRODUCE
SURF HEIGHTS UP TO 6 TO 7 FEET TODAY. THE ASSOCIATED RIP CURRENT
RISK REMAINS HIGH IN THESE AREAS.

FLZ112-114-271800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.131127T0658Z-131127T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0044.131127T0658Z-131128T0000Z/
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
158 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 /1258 AM CST WED NOV 27 2013/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...
...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 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN
EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* SURF HEIGHTS...5 TO 7 FEET.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN SUBSIDING.

* IMPACTS...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
  EROSION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING 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. 

&&

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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.