Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Mar 4, 2012, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 4, 2012, 4:00 AM EST

Expired

Mar 4, 2012, 6:00 PM EST

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

County Collier County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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175 
WHUS42 KMFL 040838
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
338 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012

FLZ069-042300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0006.120304T0900Z-120304T2300Z/
COASTAL COLLIER-
338 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012

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

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

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING
  NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A HIGH
  RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF COLLIER COUNTY TODAY.

* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT AT THE
  BEACHES OF COLLIER COUNTY 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

691 
WHUS42 KMFL 041605
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1105 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012

FLZ069-042300-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-120304T2300Z/
COASTAL COLLIER-
1105 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
  RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF COLLIER
  COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT AT 
  THE BEACHES OF COLLIER COUNTY 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

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.