Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Apr 28, 2013, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)

Expired

Apr 28, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

4 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 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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657 
WHUS42 KMFL 281933
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
333 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013

FLZ168-172-173-290000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0012.130428T1933Z-130429T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
333 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* RIP CURRENTS...EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
  WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP
  CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM
  BEACH COUNTIES.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO RIP CURRENTS.

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.

&&

$$

808 
WHUS42 KMFL 290020
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
820 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013

FLZ168-172-173-290830-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-130429T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0013.130429T0020Z-130429T1800Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
820 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013

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

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

* RIP CURRENTS...EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER 
  GUSTS WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP 
  CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM 
  BEACH COUNTIES. 

* TIMING...THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO RIP CURRENTS.

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.