Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Oct 5, 2011, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)

Expired

Oct 7, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT

In force

49 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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424 
WHUS42 KMFL 050830
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
430 AM EDT WED OCT 5 2011

FLZ168-172-173-060900-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0010.111005T0830Z-111006T0900Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
430 AM EDT WED OCT 5 2011

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TONIGHT...

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT
  IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE RISK
  WILL BE PARTICULARLY ELEVATED NEAR THE TIMES OF LOW TIDE.

* IMPACTS...WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH, THE SURF ZONE IS
  DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. IF YOU DO SWIM, ALWAYS
  SWIM IN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE.

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

992 
WHUS42 KMFL 060825
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
425 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2011

FLZ168-172-173-070900-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-111007T0900Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
425 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES...

* TIMING...EAST NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL
  AGAIN RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS BOTH TODAY AND
  TONIGHT. THE RISK WILL BE PARTICULARLY ELEVATED AROUND TIMES OF
  LOW TIDE LATE THIS MORNING AND LATE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH, THE SURF ZONE IS
  DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. IF YOU DO SWIM, ALWAYS
  SWIM IN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE.

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

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011

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.