Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Sep 12, 2012, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)

Expired

Sep 13, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

28 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 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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190 
WHUS42 KMFL 121933
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
333 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012

FLZ168-172-173-131200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0027.120912T1933Z-120914T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
333 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012

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

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

* TIMING...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG WITH LOW
  TIDE LATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO A
  HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BEACHES OF
  SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* 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

823 
WHUS42 KMFL 130759
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
359 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2012

FLZ168-172-173-131600-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-120914T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
359 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2012

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

* TIMING...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG WITH LOW
  TIDE THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
  ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY INTO THIS
  EVENING.

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.