Coastal Flood Statement 21, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Nov 29, 2008, 10:09 PM EST (03:09 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 30, 2008, 11:00 AM EST

Expired

Nov 30, 2008, 7:00 PM EST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

County Collier County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WHUS42 KMFL 300309
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1009 PM EST SAT NOV 29 2008

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS COASTAL COLLIER BEACHES SUNDAY...


FLZ069-301100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0021.081130T1600Z-081201T0000Z/
COASTAL COLLIER-
1009 PM EST SAT NOV 29 2008

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS COASTAL COLLIER BEACHES SUNDAY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF
MEXICO WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA SUNDAY
NIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AHEAD OF
THIS FRONT WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS REACHING 20 MPH BY MID-MORNING
AND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF COASTAL COLLIER ON
SUNDAY...AND SWIMMING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN
PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER FROM NEAR OR INSIDE THE SAND BAR INTO
DEEPER WATER. DUE TO THE LIFE THREATENING DANGERS THAT THESE
STRONG CURRENTS OF WATER POSE...SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED.

IF YOU DO GO INTO THE WATERS...SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED
THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF
A RIP CURRENT DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE.
INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL
EASES.

AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU
SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM
TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT.

&&

$$

000 
WHUS42 KMFL 300930 AAA
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
430 AM EST SUN NOV 30 2008

...RIP CURRENTS LIKELY COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES...

FLZ069-010000-
/O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0021.081130T1600Z-081201T0000Z/
COASTAL COLLIER-
430 AM EST SUN NOV 30 2008

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS COASTAL COLLIER BEACHES SUNDAY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF
MEXICO WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WITH SUSTAINED
SPEEDS REACHING 20 MPH BY MID-MORNING AND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS ONSHORE
FLOW WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG
THE BEACHES OF COASTAL COLLIER COUNTY TODAY...AND SWIMMING IS
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN
PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER FROM NEAR OR INSIDE THE SAND BAR INTO
DEEPER WATER. DUE TO THE LIFE THREATENING DANGERS THAT THESE
STRONG CURRENTS OF WATER POSE...SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED.

IF YOU DO GO INTO THE WATERS...SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED
THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF
A RIP CURRENT DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE.
INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL
EASES.

AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU
SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM
TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT.

&&

$$

Coastal Flood Statements in Florida, 2008Every coastal flood statement in 2008

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.