Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Mar 12, 2014, 6:37 AM CDT (11:37 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 12, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT

Expired

Mar 12, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

12 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 11:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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139 
WHUS42 KTAE 121137
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
737 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG THE
WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES...

.INCREASING WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL REACH 15 TO 20 MPH
BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA BEACHES. THIS WILL
GENERATE SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS AT THE
PANHANDLE BEACHES...CREATING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THE
THREAT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH AT SAINT GEORGE AND DOG ISLANDS
AS THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL LIMIT SURF HEIGHTS GENERALLY 1 FOOT OR
LESS. ON THURSDAY...EVEN WITH OFFSHORE WINDS...RESIDUAL SWELLS
WILL KEEP THE SURF ELEVATED AT THE BEACHES OF BAY AND GULF
COUNTIES.

FLZ108-112-114-130000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.140312T1200Z-140313T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
737 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 /637 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014/

...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. 

* LOCATION...COASTAL WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTIES.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON.

* SURF...2 TO 4 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS.

* IMPACTS...WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS
  TODAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO 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. 

&&

$$

111 
WHUS42 KTAE 121448
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1048 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG THE
WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES...

.INCREASING WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL REACH 15 TO 20 MPH
BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PANHANDLE BEACHES. THIS WILL
GENERATE SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET WITH HIGHER...CREATING
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THE THREAT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS
HIGH AT SAINT GEORGE AND DOG ISLANDS AS THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL
LIMIT SURF HEIGHTS GENERALLY 1 FOOT OR LESS. ON THURSDAY...EVEN
WITH OFFSHORE WINDS...RESIDUAL SWELLS WILL KEEP THE SURF ELEVATED
AT THE BEACHES OF BAY COUNTY.

FLZ114-121600-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140313T0000Z/
COASTAL GULF-
1048 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

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

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

&&

$$

FLZ108-112-122300-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140313T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
948 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...COASTAL WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTIES.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON.

* SURF...2 TO 4 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS.

* IMPACTS...WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP 
  CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO 
  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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