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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
358 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

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SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
358 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 /258 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012/

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* WAVES AND SURF...2 TO 4 FEET BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER
  SETS THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...ALL DAY WITH THE HIGHEST SURF IN THE AFTERNOON

* IMPACTS...WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP
  CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE 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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17-GOULD