COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 628 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...CONDITIONS WILL BE EVEN WORSE AT THE BEACHES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY BUT THESE HAZARDS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT... .EVEN WITH WINDS GENERALLY OUT OF THE EAST OR NORTHEAST OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...HIGH SWELLS FROM STRENGTHENING TROPICAL STORM ANDREA...WHICH WAS LOCATED ABOUT 195 MILES TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA AS OF 500 AM EDT THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LARGE SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. FLZ108-112-114-070000- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130607T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-130607T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 628 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 /528 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013/ ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF HEIGHTS...4 TO 7 FEET WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE AT THE BEACHES OF WALTON COUNTY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND ROUGH SURF WILL CREATE FREQUENT...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE STRONG CURRENTS ARE VERY HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS AND COULD BE DEADLY. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.
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