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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1057 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...

.FORECAST WIND...WAVES...AND TIDES INDICATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS.

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/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.120512T1300Z-120514T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1057 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* TIMING...FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AND ENDING 
  SUNDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS... HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS WIND...WAVE...AND 
  TIDAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD 
  DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO 
  ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM