Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Nov 11, 2011, 10:29 AM EST (15:29 UTC)

Expired

Nov 12, 2011, 7:00 AM EST

In force

21 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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678 
WHUS42 KMFL 111529
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1029 AM EST FRI NOV 11 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES...

FLZ168-112330-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0017.111111T1529Z-111112T1200Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-
1029 AM EST FRI NOV 11 2011

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...LINGERING NORTHEAST SWELL OF 2 TO 3 FEET, COMBINED WITH
  INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS BECOMING NORTHEASTERLY AND LOW TIDE
  IN THE AFTERNOON, LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE
  BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT
  ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY THROUGH
  EARLY SATURDAY. SWIMMING 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.

&&

$$


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

402 
WHUS42 KMFL 112251
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
551 PM EST FRI NOV 11 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES...

FLZ168-121200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-111112T1200Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-
551 PM EST FRI NOV 11 2011

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...LINGERING NORTHEAST SWELL OF 2 TO 3 FEET... COMBINED
  WITH INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS BECOMING NORTHEASTERLY AND LOW
  TIDE TONIGHT... LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE
  BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT
  ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY THROUGH
  EARLY SATURDAY. THE BEST TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE BETWEEN 1
  AND 3 AM EST TONIGHT. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED ALONG THE BEACHES
  OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

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.