Coastal Flood Statement 9, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Nov 24, 2012, 5:20 AM EST (10:20 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2012, 10:00 PM EST

In force

17 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

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

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WHUS42 KMFL 241020
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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
520 AM EST SAT NOV 24 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES FOR PALM BEACH AND BROWARD
COUNTIES...

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE EAST COAST...

.MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE MODERATE SURF
AND AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST TODAY...MAINLY ANYWHERE NORTH OF FORT
LAUDERDALE TO JUPITER INLET. MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS TIMES. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO TREND
DOWN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. 

IN ADDITION TO THE SURF AND CURRENTS...WATER LEVELS ARE RUNNING
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING ALONG THE TYPICALLY VULNERABLE PORTIONS OF THE COAST
THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...SUCH AS THE BAY SIDE OF SOUTH BEACH AND
PORTIONS OF A1A IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

FLZ168-172-250300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0009.121124T1020Z-121125T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-121125T0300Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-
520 AM EST SAT NOV 24 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING AND AROUND HIGH TIDE...

* COASTAL FLOODING AND RIP CURRENTS...MODERATE SURF WILL MAINTAIN
  THE ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY...ESPECIALLY
  NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS NORTH OF FORT LAUDERDALE TO JUPITER
  INLET. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE TYPICALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS
  WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE. REPORTS HAVE ALREADY INDICATED
  STREET FLOODING YESTERDAY ALONG A1A IN FORT LAUDERDALE...WHICH
  WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN TODAY DESPITE THE GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDING SURF.

* TIMING...MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT AND AROUND
  THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  ONCE AGAIN BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. SURF AND THE RISK OF RIP
  CURRENTS WILL STEADILY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER TODAY THROUGH
  SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL MAINTAIN DANGEROUS
  SWIMMING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY AROUND PIERS AND JETTIES WHERE
  THE HIGHER SURF IS. ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH
  TIDE DUE FLOODED ROADS. 

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.

&&

$$

FLZ173-250300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0009.121124T1020Z-121125T0300Z/
COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
520 AM EST SAT NOV 24 2012

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE...

* COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ARE RUNNING SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN
  NORMAL...WHICH CONTINUES TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE BAY SIDE OF
  SOUTH BEACH...MAINLY ALONG ALTON ROAD FROM FIFTH TO TENTH STREET.

* TIMING...MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT AND AROUND THE
  TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE WILL BE THROUGH THE
  LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING PERIOD TODAY AND ONCE AGAIN BY
  DAYBREAK SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...PARTIAL STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. 

$$

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