Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Jan 15, 2016, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 15, 2016, 7:00 AM EST

Expired

Jan 15, 2016, 4:00 PM EST

In force

9 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 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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844 
WHUS42 KMFL 150838
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
338 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

FLZ168-172-173-152100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0003.160115T1200Z-160115T2100Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
338 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF ARE EXPECTED AT
  ALL SOUTH FLORIDA BEACHES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A LONGSHORE
  CURRENT DUE TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WIND.

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. 

&&

$$


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Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016

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.