Rip Current Statement 36, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Dec 24, 2013, 2:24 PM EST (19:24 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 24, 2013, 7:00 PM EST

Expired

Dec 25, 2013, 7:00 PM EST

In force

24 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

391 
WHUS42 KMFL 241924
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
224 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2013

FLZ168-172-173-251000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0036.131225T0000Z-131226T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
224 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT
RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING...INCREASING THREAT OVERNIGHT WITH HIGHEST THREAT WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG
  ATLANTIC BEACHES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SWIMMERS ARE
  ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN OF OUT THE WATER THROUGH THIS TIME.

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.

&&

$$

907 
WHUS42 KMFL 250920
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
420 AM EST WED DEC 25 2013

FLZ168-172-173-251730-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-131226T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
420 AM EST WED DEC 25 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE
  ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ALONG THE
  ATLANTIC BEACHES. SWIMMERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE
  WATER THROUGH THIS TIME.

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.

&&

$$

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2013Every rip current statement in 2013

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