Alert archive / Florida / High Surf Advisories in 2011
High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this high surf advisory at Nov 5, 2011, 3:38 AM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2011, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2011, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
090 WHUS42 KMFL 050738 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 338 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 FLZ168-172-060900- /O.NEW.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.111105T2000Z-111107T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111107T2100Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 338 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HIGH SURF, BEACH EROSION, MINOR COASTAL FLOODING, AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS, A LARGE SWELL, HIGH SURF, BREAKING WAVES, BEACH EROSION, AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL ARE ALSO EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE, AROUND 5 AM AND 5 PM THROUGH SUNDAY. BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 15 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST, WITH WAVES UP TO 10 FEET ALONG THE BROWARD COUNTY COAST. THE HIGHEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-060900- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111107T2100Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 338 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH A BUILDING NORTHEAST SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE, MAINLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE, AROUND 5 AM AND 5 PM THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
12 follow-up statements
483 WHUS42 KMFL 060756 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 256 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 FLZ168-172-071000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111108T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111107T2100Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 256 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... ...BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDES... * TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS, A LARGE SWELL, HIGH SURF, BREAKING WAVES, BEACH EROSION, AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL ARE ALSO EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE, AROUND 5 AM AND 5 PM THROUGH MONDAY. BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 15 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST, WITH WAVES UP TO 10 FEET ALONG THE BROWARD COUNTY COAST. THE HIGHEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-071000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111108T1000Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 256 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH A LARGE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY NIGHT. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE, MAINLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE, AROUND 5 AM AND 5 PM THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
734 WHUS42 KMFL 061922 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 222 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 FLZ168-172-071000- /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111107T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111108T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 222 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...A LARGE SWELL...HIGH SURF... BREAKING WAVES...BEACH EROSION...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 5 PM AND 5 AM THROUGH MONDAY. BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 15 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST...WITH WAVES UP TO 10 FEET ALONG THE BROWARD COUNTY COAST. THE HIGHEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-071000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111108T1000Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 222 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH AT LEAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH A LARGE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY NIGHT. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE... MAINLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 5 PM AND 5 AM THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
880 WHUS42 KMFL 070824 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 324 AM EST MON NOV 7 2011 FLZ168-172-080200- /O.EXT.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111108T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 324 AM EST MON NOV 7 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS, A LARGE SWELL, HIGH SURF, BREAKING WAVES, MINOR BEACH EROSION, AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE, AROUND 5 AM AND 5 PM TODAY. BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 12 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST, WITH WAVES OF 8 TO 10 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY COAST. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-080200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 324 AM EST MON NOV 7 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH A NORTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY AROUND TIMES OF LOW TIDE, WHICH OCCUR AROUND NOON AND MIDNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
521 WHUS42 KMFL 071911 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 211 PM EST MON NOV 7 2011 FLZ168-172-081000- /O.EXT.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111108T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 211 PM EST MON NOV 7 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...LARGE SWELL...HIGH SURF...BREAKING WAVES...MINOR BEACH EROSION...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY. BREAKING WAVES OF AROUND 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COASTLINE... WITH WAVES OF AROUND 8 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG THE BROWARD COASTLINE. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-081000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 211 PM EST MON NOV 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH A NORTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY AROUND TIMES OF LOW TIDE...WHICH OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
191 WHUS42 KMFL 080911 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 411 AM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 FLZ168-172-081500- /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111108T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 411 AM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...NEWLY FORMED SUBTROPICAL STORM SEAN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...LARGE SWELL...HIGH SURF...BREAKING WAVES...MINOR BEACH EROSION...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING. BREAKING WAVES OF AROUND 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COASTLINE... WITH WAVES OF AROUND 8 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG THE BROWARD COASTLINE. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-081500- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 411 AM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH A NORTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY AROUND TIMES OF LOW TIDE...WHICH OCCUR AROUND NOON TODAY AND AGAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
852 WHUS42 KMFL 081444 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 944 AM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 FLZ168-172-090300- /O.EXT.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111109T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 944 AM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...SUBTROPICAL STORM SEAN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...LARGE SWELL...HIGH SURF...BREAKING WAVES...MINOR BEACH EROSION...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 12 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COASTLINE... WITH WAVES OF 9 TO 11 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG THE BROWARD COASTLINE. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-090300- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 944 AM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH A NORTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY AROUND TIMES OF LOW TIDE...WHICH OCCUR AROUND NOON TODAY AND AGAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
527 WHUS42 KMFL 081923 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 223 PM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 FLZ168-172-091500- /O.EXT.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111109T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 223 PM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TROPICAL STORM SEAN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...LARGE SWELL...HIGH SURF...BREAKING WAVES...MINOR BEACH EROSION...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING AND AGAIN BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 11 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COASTLINE... WITH WAVES OF 9 TO 10 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG THE BROWARD COASTLINE. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-091500- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 223 PM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH A NORTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY AROUND TIMES OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND AGAIN AROUND 1 PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
011 WHUS42 KMFL 090257 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 957 PM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 FLZ168-172-091100- /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111109T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 957 PM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TROPICAL STORM SEAN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...LARGE SWELL...HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...MINOR BEACH EROSION...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. BREAKING WAVES OF 10 TO 11 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COASTLINE... WITH WAVES OF 9 TO 10 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG THE BROWARD COASTLINE. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-091100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 957 PM EST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH A NORTHERLY SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY AROUND TIMES OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND AGAIN AROUND 1 PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
002 WHUS42 KMFL 091038 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 538 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 FLZ168-172-092200- /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111109T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 538 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TROPICAL STORM SEAN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS WILL BRING GUSTY NORTH WINDS, LARGE SWELL, HIGH SURF, BREAKING WAVES, MINOR BEACH EROSION, AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COAST AT LEAST THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING HIGH TIDE AROUND 7 AM THIS MORNING. BREAKING WAVES AROUND 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COASTS. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ173-092200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 538 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...PERSISTENT NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH A NORTH SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY AROUND TIMES OF LOW TIDE, INCLUDING AROUND 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
767 WHUS42 KMFL 091502 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1002 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 FLZ172-092315- /O.CAN.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111109T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL BROWARD- 1002 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. LATEST SURF REPORTS AND OBSERVATIONS ALONG BROWARD COUNTY COAST INDICATED MOSTLY SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 5 FEET. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TODAY...THEREFORE THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BROWARD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ONGOING THREAT. THE SURF ZONE IS STILL DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. && 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 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. && $$ FLZ168-092315- /O.EXT.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111110T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 1002 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TROPICAL STORM SEAN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY NORTH WINDS... LARGE SWELL... HIGH SURF... BREAKING WAVES... MINOR BEACH EROSION... AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH COAST AT LEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING HIGH TIDE AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING. BREAKING WAVES AROUND 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ173-092315- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1002 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...PERSISTENT NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH A NORTH SWELL WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY AROUND TIMES OF LOW TIDE... INCLUDING AROUND 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
743 WHUS42 KMFL 091952 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 252 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011 FLZ168-100300- /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111110T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 252 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TROPICAL STORM SEAN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY NORTH WINDS... LARGE SWELL... HIGH SURF... BREAKING WAVES... MINOR BEACH EROSION... AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO THE PALM BEACH COAST AT LEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACHES DURING HIGH TIDE AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING. BREAKING WAVES AROUND 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS 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 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-100300- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 252 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... LATEST SURF REPORTS AND OBSERVATIONS ALONG BROWARD COUNTY COAST INDICATED MOSTLY SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 5 FEET. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TODAY...THEREFORE THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BROWARD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ONGOING THREAT. THE SURF ZONE IS STILL DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. 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 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
468 WHUS42 KMFL 100304 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1004 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011 FLZ168-101300- /O.EXP.KMFL.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111110T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 1004 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT A BIT WITH BREAKER HEIGHTS ALONG THE COAST EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 10 FEET. THEREFORE, THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. * IMPACTS...DESPITE THE EXPIRATION OF THE HIGH SURGE ADVISORY, ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT OVERNIGHT. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL STILL BE A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE AROUND 7 AM TOMORROW MORNING. BREAKING WAVES OF UP TO 7 FEET ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH THEY ARE LIKELY TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. SURF WILL CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ172-173-101300- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1004 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ONGOING THREAT. THE SURF ZONE IS STILL DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Nov 5, 1:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 1:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
134 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011
.AVIATION...
DRY COLD FRONT HAS CLEARED SOUTH FLORIDA THIS EVENING. MAINLY
CLEAR SKIES AND NORTH/NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS BEGIN TO VEER TO THE NORTHEAST
LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 10-15
KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KNOTS. THE NORTHERN TERMINALS OF THE
EAST COAST, SUCH AS PBI AND FLL, WILL OBSERVE THE STRONGEST WINDS.
A 5 KFT SCT/BKN DECK IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE EAST COAST
TERMINALS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS CAN
DEVELOP FROM THE MOST ROBUST STRATOCUMULUS DECKS. HOWEVER, THE
CHANCE IS TOO LOW ATTM TO MENTION IN THE TAF.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 740 PM EDT FRI NOV 4 2011/
..INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ALONG EAST
COAST FOR THIS WEEKEND...
CURRENTLY THE COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NE BROWARD COUNTY SW INTO N
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY AND OUT INTO THE SE GULF OF MEX. THE FRONT
WILL CLEAR THE EXTREME SE PORTION OF S FLA A LITTLE AFTER 900 PM
THIS EVENING. CLEARING SKIES...NORTHERLY WINDS WITH LOWER DEW POINTS
AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ADVECT INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT
WHICH WILL ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE CWA BY MID EVENING. SEE NO REAL
CHANGES TO THE CURRENT ZFP PACKAGE.
IN THE MARINE ZONES...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR THE
ATLC MARINE ZONES WITH CAUTION GULF WATERS WITH LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO
BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT UPDATE. THE REAL SITUATION IS THE INCREASING
WINDS AND INCREASING NORTHERLY SWELL THAT WILL IMPACT THE ATLC
WATERS MAINLY SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. WIND WAVES IN
THE ATLC COULD REACH 8 TO 10 FEET WITH POSSIBLE NORTHERLY SWELLS TO
12 FEET WITH SEAS POSSIBLY REACHING 15 FEET. POSSIBLE THAT BREAKING
WAVES OF 10 FEET MAY IMPACT THE PALM BEACH COASTLINE PRIMARILY BUT
BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE BEACHES WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE BEACH
EROSION AND ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ABOUT THE DETERIORATING MARINE CONDITIONS MAY BE ISSUED IN LATER
PERIODS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 331 PM EDT) THE CURRENT SURFACE
ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS
WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHING ACROSS THE LAKE
OKEECHOBEE REGION. EXTRAPOLATION OF ITS MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO
INDICATE FRONT WILL BE CLEARING SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST DURING THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. UPPER AIR DATA ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDING
SATELLITE DERIVED PARAMETERS, AIRCRAFT DATA, AND GPSMET CONTINUES TO
INDICATE ATMOSPHERE IS TOO DRY AND STABLE FOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF
EVEN SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH THIS FRONT. EXCEPTION MIGHT BE THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS, AND MAINLY THE ATLANTIC SIDE ALONG THE GULF
STREAM, WHERE A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS CANNOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT.
SHORT TERM...THROUGH END OF THE WEEKEND.
OVERALL LARGE SCALE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE RATHER CONSISTENT WITH THE
EVOLUTION OF THE SYNOPTIC WEATHER FEATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CAROLINAS IS FORECAST TO MOVE SE EAST OF
THE BAHAMAS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT CLEARING THE
PENINSULA THIS EVENING AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING OFF THE EAST
COAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. STRONG LOW LEVEL RIDGE WILL
BUILD FROM THE NE DOWN THE EAST COAST BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS
COMBINED WITH AFOREMENTIONED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA
OVER THE WEEKEND WITH STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST
WHERE BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. THE SPREAD IN THE MOS GUIDANCE
OVERALL AS WELL AS LARGE SCALE MODELS IS RATHER SMALL AND GIVEN
THE TRENDS I MUST SAY THIS FORECAST OVERALL HAS A BIT MORE OF
CONFIDENCE THAN USUAL. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS THE NAM BASED MOS
WHICH HAS 30 TO 50 POPS OVER THE WEEKEND ALONG SOUTHEAST COAST.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE NE FLOW, THE LARGE
SCALE CONDITIONS SHOULD SUPPRESS JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT TRIES TO
DEVELOP. THEREFORE, WILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS MOS POPS WHICH IS
CONSISTENT ALSO WITH ECMWF SCENARIO.
GUSTY NORTHERLY FLOW WILL ENSUE TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING
INTO THE 50S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION, EXCEPT LOWER 60S ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE ATLANTIC COAST. WITH WINDS SHIFTING FROM THE NE BY
TOMORROW NIGHT, A WARMING TREND SHOULD BEGIN BY SUNDAY MORNING
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SE COAST. WHILE MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST, A FEW SHOWERS MAY IMPACT COMMUNITIES ALONG THE EAST
COAST FROM TIME TO TIME BUT AGAIN SHOULD BE PRETTY SPARSE AT BEST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH END OF NEXT WEEK.
AS MENTIONED ABOVE, OVERALL MODELS ARE RATHER CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF
THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES WHEN YOU COMPARE
THE GFS TO THE ECMWF AND THE UKMET. HOWEVER SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN
TERMS OF THE EXACT EVOLUTION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM EAST OF THE BAHAMAS DURING THE WEEK WILL ULTIMATELY CONTROL
THE LOCAL WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED. BEYOND THE WEEKEND OVERNIGHT LOWS
WILL REMAIN AROUND OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AND DAYTIME HIGHS VERY
CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. LATE IN THE WEEK LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE EAST IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AS NEXT UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE EAST COAST. RIGHT NOW CHANCES ARE
EITHER A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OR SIMPLY BYPASS US TO
THE NORTH LATE IN THE WEEK RESULTING IN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN RAIN
CHANCES WITH DRIER MOVING INTO THE AREA BEHIND IT.
MARINE...REGARDLESS THE EXACT DEVELOPMENT OF AFOREMENTIONED
SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES (EAST COAST HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM)
IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT A LARGE FETCH AREA WILL
BE ORIENTED OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES TOWARD THE FLORIDA COAST.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A BUILDING SWELL OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC
WATERS, MOST LIKELY PEAKING SOMETIME ON SUNDAY. SWELLS OF UP TO
AROUND 12 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS, HIGH
SURF, POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION, AND MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING CONTINUES TO INCREASE. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL IMPACTS ARE
IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WHERE 10 TO 15 FEET BREAKERS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH 5 TO 10 FEET FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE
COASTS. A COMBINATION OF HIGH SURF ADVISORIES AND/OR COASTAL
FLOOD STATEMENTS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE SOUTHEAST COAST NOT
LATER THAN SATURDAY.
FIRE WEATHER...DESPITE DRIER CONDITIONS AFTERNOON MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. INCREASE
IN TRANSPORT WINDS SHOULD RESULT IN GENERALLY GOOD DISPERSION
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 78 68 81 70 / - - - -
FORT LAUDERDALE 79 69 81 73 / - - - -
MIAMI 78 68 82 70 / - - - -
NAPLES 80 62 84 65 / - - - -
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS
FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-COASTAL
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING
FROM 20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-WATERS
FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20
NM TO 60 NM.
GM...NONE.
&&
DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE...14/MJB
AVIATION/RADAR...71/JEHazardous weather outlook, Nov 4, 7:50 PM EDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 750 PM EDT FRI NOV 4 2011 CORRECTION TO RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-051100- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 750 PM EDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ATLANTIC WATERS... ...HAZARDOUS MARINE AND BEACH CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THE COMBINATION OF NORTHERLY SWELLS OF 2 TO 3 FEET AND NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. WAVES: SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES IN THE GULF STREAM MAINLY OFF OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LOW PRESSURE OFF OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS AND EAST OF THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN U.S., A HIGH PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A CONTINUED ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL BE THE RESULT. A LARGE SWELL WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IN THE ATLANTIC AND WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS OFF OF PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL REACH 12 TO 15 FEET WITH SEAS OFF OF BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES REACHING POSSIBLY REACHING 9 TO 12 FEET. THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE IN THE GULF STREAM. THE LARGE SWELLS WILL ALSO LEAD TO HIGH SURF WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLY 10 FEET OR HIGHER AT THE PALM BEACHES, AND POSSIBLY EXTENDING FURTHER SOUTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION WILL BE LIKELY AS WELL. BEACH EROSION COULD BECOME SIGNIFICANT ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTY COASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
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Sources
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.