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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 3, 2013, 3:11 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2013, 3:11 AM EST (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
659 WHUS42 KMFL 030811 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 311 AM EST SUN NOV 3 2013 FLZ168-172-173-041000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0026.131103T0811Z-131106T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 311 AM EST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY, CONTINUING THROUGH MID WEEK WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS BECOMING LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES, SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ GREGORIA
7 follow-up statements
244 WHUS42 KMFL 031905 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 205 PM EST SUN NOV 3 2013 FLZ168-172-173-041000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131106T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 205 PM EST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... CONTINUING THROUGH MID WEEK WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS BECOMING LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES... SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
974 WHUS42 KMFL 040906 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 406 AM EST MON NOV 4 2013 FLZ168-172-173-051000- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0003.131104T0906Z-131106T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131106T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 406 AM EST MON NOV 4 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE ON THE BAY SIDE OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE MOST PROBABLE DURING HIGH TIDES WHICH WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID MORNING AND MID EVENING HOURS. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH MID WEEK WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS...ISOLATED STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES. 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. && $$
738 WHUS42 KMFL 042024 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 324 PM EST MON NOV 4 2013 FLZ168-172-173-060400- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-131106T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131106T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 324 PM EST MON NOV 4 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE ON THE BAY SIDE OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE MOST PROBABLE DURING HIGH TIDES WHICH WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID MORNING AND MID EVENING HOURS. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH MID WEEK WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS...ISOLATED STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
558 WHUS42 KMFL 050851 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 351 AM EST TUE NOV 5 2013 FLZ168-060000- /O.NEW.KMFL.SU.Y.0002.131105T0851Z-131106T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-131106T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131106T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 351 AM EST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO REACH AT LEAST 10 FEET ALONG THE PALM BEACHES. BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...THE LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL OCCUR INTO EARLY THIS EVENING, BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDES, WHICH WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 8 AND 9 THIS MORNING AND THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS...ISOLATED STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES. DUNE BREACHES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE LARGE BREAKING WAVES, WHICH COULD RESULT IN MINOR OVERWASH ONTO COASTAL ROADWAYS. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF OF 10 FEET OR GREATER WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. && $$ FLZ172-173-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-131106T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131106T1800Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 351 AM EST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE ON THE BAY SIDE OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE MOST PROBABLE DURING HIGH TIDES WHICH WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM THIS MORNING AND THIS EVENING. THE MORE LIKELY TIME OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS THIS MORNING, AS WATER LEVELS ARE FORECAST A SLOW FALL THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. THIS ALONG WITH ROUGH SURF WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS...ISOLATED STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES ALONG THE BAY SIDE OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ GREGORIA
620 WHUS42 KMFL 060004 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 704 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2013 FLZ168-060815- /O.CAN.KMFL.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-131106T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-131106T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131106T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 704 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-060815- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-131106T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131106T1800Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 704 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. THIS ALONG WITH ROUGH SURF WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
879 WHUS42 KMFL 061054 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 554 AM EST WED NOV 6 2013 FLZ168-172-173-061800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131106T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 554 AM EST WED NOV 6 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. THIS ALONG WITH ROUGH SURF WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
598 WHUS42 KMFL 061424 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 924 AM EST WED NOV 6 2013 FLZ168-172-173-070000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131107T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 924 AM EST WED NOV 6 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. THIS ALONG WITH ROUGH SURF WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ BAXTER
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Sources
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.