Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Feb 26, 2012, 3:26 AM EST (08:26 UTC)

Expired

Feb 27, 2012, 5:00 AM EST

In force

26 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 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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601 
WHUS42 KMFL 260826
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
326 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ168-172-173-261630-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0004.120226T0826Z-120226T2200Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
326 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY...

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

* TIMING: NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT
  IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH,
  BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES TODAY. 

* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT AT THE
  ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED.

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.

&&

$$


PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM

163 
WHUS42 KMFL 261317
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
817 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2012

FLZ168-172-173-270100-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-120227T1000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
817 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2012

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

* TIMING: EASTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK
  OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND
  MIAMI DADE COUNTIES TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT AT THE
  ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED.

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.

&&

$$


PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM

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.