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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
314 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH
TONIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.DISCUSSION...SURF ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES WILL BUILD TODAY
AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SURF WILL PEAK
SOMETIME THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE BEGINNING LATE 
TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD
TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS. BEACH GOERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE
CAUTION AND HEED THE ADVISE OF THE LOCAL BEACH
OFFICIALS...INCLUDING POSTED RED OR DOUBLE RED FLAGS.

FLZ108-112-114-150015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0010.110514T1400Z-110515T0200Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
314 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 /214 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011/

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT...

* SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...3 TO 4 FEET WITH SOME SPOTS LOCALLY
  HIGHER. COMBINED WITH BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS...THIS WILL LEAD TO
  HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO
  TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO SUNDAY.

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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