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“I’m anticipating that as the storm front rolls in from the west that we’re going to get a really big surf and I might have to go double-red,” Vaughan said. “I know that at some point over the next three days we might have to go double-red and close the water. I’m hoping that I’m wrong.”
Red flags indicate that going into the water is dangerous and could be life-threatening.
“Anytime a beach is flying red flags, knee deep is too deep,” Okaloosa Beach Safety Division Chief Rich Huffnagle said.
Okaloosa County Beach Safety lifeguards were keeping busy calling in swimmers that were too far out from the shore on Okaloosa Island on Tuesday. Lifeguards were also planting red warning flags at areas of the beach with rip currents.