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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 11, 2015, 10:46 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2015, 10:46 AM EST (15:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2015, 10:31 PM EST
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
297 WHUS42 KMFL 111546 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1046 AM EST WED FEB 11 2015 FLZ168-172-173-122300- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0009.150211T1546Z-150212T2300Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1046 AM EST WED FEB 11 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
9 follow-up statements
355 WHUS42 KMFL 112056 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 356 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 FLZ168-122300- /O.NEW.KMFL.SU.Y.0001.150212T0300Z-150212T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150212T2300Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 356 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...SURF WILL STEADILY BUILD OVERNIGHT THIS EVENING, PEAKING LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. BREAKERS WILL BE NEAR 10 FEET AND THE SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ FLZ172-173-122300- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150212T2300Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 356 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
227 WHUS42 KMFL 120738 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 238 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 FLZ168-122300- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150213T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150212T2300Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 238 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF WILL PEAK THIS MORNING. BREAKERS WILL BE NEAR 10 FEET AND THE SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE ROUGH POUNDING SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACH TODAY SHOULD NOT ENTER THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ FLZ172-173-122300- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150213T1200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 238 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
963 WHUS42 KMFL 122037 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 337 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 FLZ168-131500- /O.EXT.KMFL.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 337 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BREAKERS NEAR 10 FEET. THEY WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE ROUGH POUNDING SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY SHOULD NOT ENTER THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ FLZ172-173-131500- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 337 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
968 WHUS42 KMFL 130152 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 852 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 FLZ168-131000- /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 852 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BREAKERS NEAR 10 FEET. THEY WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE ROUGH POUNDING SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY SHOULD NOT ENTER THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ FLZ172-173-131000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 852 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
004 WHUS42 KMFL 130705 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 205 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 FLZ168-141200- /O.CAN.KMFL.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 205 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ172-173-141200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T1200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 205 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
823 WHUS42 KMFL 132103 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 403 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 FLZ168-172-173-141200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 403 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
345 WHUS42 KMFL 132120 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 420 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 FLZ172-173-132230- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T1200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 420 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THERE REMAINS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ FLZ168-140530- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 420 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
943 WHUS42 KMFL 132328 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 628 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 FLZ069-140400- /O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T0400Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 628 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. A REPORT FROM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST, AT ONE OF THE COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES, INDICATES THAT NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH ARE LIKELY PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ168-140730- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 628 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
324 WHUS42 KMFL 140331 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1031 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 FLZ168-140445- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 1031 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THERE REMAINS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SWIMMERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ FLZ069-140445- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150214T0400Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 1031 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THERE REMAINS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND SWIMMERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 3:56 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.