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WHUS42 KTAE 191449
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1049 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT/ 10AM CDT/
UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF
GULF...BAY...AND WALTON COUNTIES...

.STRONG WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT ARE GENERATING
SURF HEIGHTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE PANHANDLE OF
FLORIDA...ESPECIALLY ALONG WESTWARD FACING BEACHES. THIS HAS
CREATED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THESE LOCATIONS. FOR NON
WESTWARD FACING BEACHES ALONG THE PANHANDLE...THE STRONG WESTERLY
TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW IS GENERATING STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS IN
TURN HELPING TO GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THESE BEACHES AS
WELL. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AND THE RIP
CURRENT RISK WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET.

FLZ108-112-114-200000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0012.111019T1500Z-111020T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
1049 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 /949 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011/

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG
  EASTERN BAY COUNTY...AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES.

* TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GENERATE
  STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG BAY AND GULF COUNTY
  BEACHES.

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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HARRIGAN