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WHUS42 KTAE 270926
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
426 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH
STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER AREA BEACHES. THIS WILL
KICK SURF HEIGHTS UP TO 3 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST
WHICH WILL IN TURN GREATLY INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS.

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SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
426 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 /326 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2011/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK.

* SURF HEIGHTS...3 TO 4 FEET AT WEST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES IN
  THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

* TIMING...TODAY.

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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