Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Oct 22, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Oct 24, 2012, 6:11 PM EDT

In force

49 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 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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471 
WHUS42 KMFL 222100
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
500 PM EDT MON OCT 22 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH LATE WEEK...

.STEADY ONSHORE WINDS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL ONLY INCREASE
MID TO LATE WEEK, WHICH WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

FLZ168-172-173-242100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0029.121022T2100Z-121026T2100Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
500 PM EDT MON OCT 22 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

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

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE PREVALENT ALONG THE
  ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK, MAKING FOR VERY
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

GREGORIA

086 
WHUS42 KMFL 240953
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
553 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH LATE WEEK...

.STEADY ONSHORE WINDS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL ONLY INCREASE
THROUGH FRIDAY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK.

FLZ168-172-173-250000-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-121027T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
553 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE PREVALENT ALONG THE
  ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK...MAKING FOR VERY
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

472 
WHUS42 KMFL 242211
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
611 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

FLZ168-172-173-242315-
/O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-121027T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
611 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES...

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR
ADDITIONAL UPDATES. 

$$

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.