Rip Current Statement 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Jun 2, 2018, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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923 
WHUS42 KTAE 021435
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1035 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ108-112-030300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0063.180602T1435Z-180603T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
1035 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018 /935 AM CDT Sat Jun 2 2018/

...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 until 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ this
evening. 

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, beach patrol flags and
signs.

If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain
calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for
help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to
shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to
swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. 

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Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2018Every rip current statement in 2018

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.