Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Mar 27, 2014, 2:06 AM CDT (07:06 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 27, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT

Expired

Mar 28, 2014, 3:26 AM CDT

In force

20 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 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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770 
WHUS42 KTAE 270706
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
306 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY...

.RATHER STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL GENERATE FAIRLY HIGH SURF AND
FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS.

FLZ108-112-114-115-281200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0014.140327T1200Z-140329T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
306 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2014 /206 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2014/

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

* LOCATION...DESTIN TO ST GEORGE ISLAND

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY

* SURF...3 TO 4 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 5 TO 6 FEET BREAKERS. 


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. 

&&

$$

FOURNIER

147 
WHUS42 KTAE 271457
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1057 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG THE BEACHES
OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY...

.RATHER STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL GENERATE FAIRLY HIGH SURF AND
FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS.

FLZ112-271600-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-140329T0000Z/
COASTAL BAY-
957 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

FLZ108-114-115-272300-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-140328T1200Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
1057 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2014 /957 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2014/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

* LOCATION...DESTIN TO ST GEORGE ISLAND

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY

* SURF...3 TO 4 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 5 TO 6 FEET BREAKERS.

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.

&&

$$

956 
WHUS42 KTAE 280826
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
426 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

FLZ108-114-115-280930-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-140328T1200Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
426 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 /326 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

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


$$

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014

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.