Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Dec 2, 2011, 7:53 PM EST (00:53 UTC)

Expired

Dec 3, 2011, 7:00 PM EST

In force

23 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 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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191 
WHUS42 KMFL 030053
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
753 PM EST FRI DEC 2 2011

FLZ168-172-173-031500-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0022.111203T0053Z-111204T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
753 PM EST FRI DEC 2 2011

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH COMBINED WITH WAVE ACTION
  WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF
  MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THIS WEEKEND.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT
  ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. 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

222 
WHUS42 KMFL 030836
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
336 AM EST SAT DEC 3 2011

FLZ168-172-173-032000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-111204T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
336 AM EST SAT DEC 3 2011

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER
  GUSTS, COMBINED WITH WAVE ACTION WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP
  CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH
  COUNTIES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT 
  ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. 
  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

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.