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Rip Current Advisory for Florida Gulf Coast
National Weather Service issued a rip current advisory for portions of Florida's West Coast Monday.
The National Weather Service issued a high rip current risk Monday for southwest and west central Florida.
The areas included in the advisory include coastal areas of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, and Lee counties.
The rip current risk is highest for the Tampa Bay area.
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Tampa Bay has a rip current advisory posted from 9 a.m. Monday through Tuesday evening.
NWS strongly advises Bay-area swimmers to stay out of the water.
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Swimmers who are caught in a rip current are advised to swim parallel to shore away from the rip current, then swim back to shore.
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