Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

May 12, 2012, 3:19 AM EDT (07:19 UTC)

In effect from

May 12, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

May 12, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

11 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 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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806 
WHUS42 KMFL 120719
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
319 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES...

FLZ168-172-173-121530-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0017.120512T1200Z-120512T2300Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
319 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP
  CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI
  DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO
  ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS
  PERIOD.

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.

&&

$$

450 
WHUS42 KMFL 121413
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1013 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES...

FLZ168-172-173-122300-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-120512T2300Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
1013 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...MIAMI BEACH OCEAN RESCUE HAS REPORTED RIP CURRENTS THIS
  MORNING ALONG THEIR BEACHES. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH TODAY RESULTING IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE DANGEROUS RIP
  CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE...
  BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO 
  ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH 
  THIS PERIOD. 

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.

&&

$$

BAXTER

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