Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Jun 6, 2013, 11:37 AM EDT (15:37 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT

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 15:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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974 
WHUS42 KMFL 061537
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1137 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING GULF COAST...
...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS GULF COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES DUE
TO PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TODAY AS TROPICAL STORM ANDREA CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH AND
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND. WATER LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL ALONG THE GULF COAST AREAS TODAY. THIS COULD LEAD TO
MINIMAL COASTAL FLOODING CONCERNS AT AND AROUND THE TYPICALLY
VULNERABLE AREAS...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES AT NOON
AND AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING.

FLZ069-070600-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0015.130606T1537Z-130607T0600Z/
COASTAL COLLIER-
1137 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING GULF COAST...

...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS GULF COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH INTO TONIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. MINOR
  COASTAL FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...MAINLY AROUND THE
  TYPICALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE GULF COAST THROUGH THE
  NOON HIGH TIDE CYCLE AND AROUND THE EVENING HIGH TIDE TODAY. THE
  EVENING HIGH TIDE CYCLE WILL BE AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

922 
WHUS42 KMFL 061944 AAA
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
344 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING GULF COAST...

.HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES DUE TO
PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TODAY AS TROPICAL STORM ANDREA CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH AND
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND. 

FLZ069-070600-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-130607T0600Z/
COASTAL COLLIER-
344 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FRIDAY...

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

* TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE
  WEAKENING ON FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS...ROUGH SURF AND MINOR BEACH
  EROSION.
 
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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