Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Feb 26, 2013, 1:27 AM CST (07:27 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 26, 2013, 6:00 AM CST

Expired

Feb 27, 2013, 2:49 AM CST

In force

21 hr

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

854 
WHUS42 KTAE 260727
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
227 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

.STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF ALONG THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF THIS HIGH SURF AND ONSHORE
WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS
TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. 

FLZ108-112-114-271500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0003.130226T1200Z-130227T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0008.130226T1200Z-130227T1500Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
227 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013 /127 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 9
AM CST WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED
FOR TODAY.

* SURF...BREAKERS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET WITH ISOLATED 7 FOOT
  SETS BETWEEN PANAMA CITY BEACH AND CAPE SAN BLAS. 

* TIMING...BUILDING THIS MORNING AND PEAKING THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...MINOR BEACH EROSION NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
  HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. 

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. 

&&

$$

GODSEY

664 
WHUS42 KTAE 270849
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
349 AM EST WED FEB 27 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

...MODERATE RIP CURRENTS BECOMING LOW THIS MORNING EXCEPT FOR
GULF COUNTY...

.WINDS WERE SHIFTING TO OFFSHORE AND DECREASING OVERNIGHT. 
AS A RESULT THE HIGH SURF OF TUESDAY NIGHT WAS DIMINISHING
AND SHOULD END DURING THIS MORNING. UNTIL THEN...BORDERLINE HIGH
SURF REMAINS ESPECIALLY ACROSS GULF AND PORTIONS OF BAY COUNTY.
THUS THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS MORNING.

FLZ108-112-114-271600-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-130227T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KTAE.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1600Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
349 AM EST WED FEB 27 2013 /249 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
THIS MORNING...

* SURF...BREAKERS 3 TO 5 FEET ESPECIALLY OVER GULF AND PORTIONS OF
  BAY COUNTY INTO THIS MORNING.

* TIMING...DECREASING TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE
  WATER INTO THIS MORNING.

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.

&&

$$

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