Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

May 27, 2012, 4:36 AM EDT (08:36 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT

In force

25 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 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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043 
WHUS42 KMFL 270836
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
436 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

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


FLZ168-271645-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0019.120527T0836Z-120528T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-
436 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

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

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

* TIMING...SMALL TO MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED
  BY SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE BEACHES OF
  PALM BEACH COUNTY THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THIS EVENING.
  THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.

* 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.

&&

$$

960 
WHUS42 KMFL 271406
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1006 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

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

FLZ168-281000-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-120528T1000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-
1006 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* TIMING...SMALL TO MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED
  BY SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH
  COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP
  CURRENTS.

* 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.

&&

$$

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012

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.