Rip Current Statement

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Westerly swell over the Gulf waters this morning will combine with westerly breezes and the afternoon seabreeze to bring development of a high risk for rip currents this afternoon and evening, mainly over west-facing beaches of Gulf and Bay Counties.