Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Apr 28, 2013, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

24 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 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

&&

$$

998 
WHUS42 KMFL 290812
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
412 AM EDT MON APR 29 2013

FLZ168-172-173-300000-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-130430T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
412 AM EDT MON APR 29 2013

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

* RIP CURRENTS...EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH, ALONG WITH
  A SMALL NORTHEAST SWELL, WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUATION OF STRONG
  RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM
  BEACH COUNTIES. SEVERAL RIP CURRENT RESCUES OCCURRED YESTERDAY
  AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

GREGORIA

210 
WHUS42 KMFL 292355
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
755 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013

FLZ168-172-173-300100-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-130430T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
755 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS ARE BECOMING MORE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS AND HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WILL ALLOW THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TO
EXPIRE AT 8PM.

&&


$$

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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.