Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Sep 11, 2017, 11:31 AM EDT (15:31 UTC)

Expired

Sep 12, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT

In force

20 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

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

The Miami radar (KAMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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336 
WHUS42 KMFL 111531
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1131 AM EDT MON SEP 11 2017

...FLOODING STILL LINGERING IN COASTAL SOUTH FLORIDA...
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

FLZ069-168-172-173-120000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0029.170911T1531Z-170912T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFL.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170911T2100Z/
COASTAL COLLIER-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-
DADE-
1131 AM EDT MON SEP 11 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* COASTAL FLOODING...LINGERING FLOOD WATERS OF UP TO 2 FEET 
  ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. 

* COASTAL FLOODING TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS...FLOODING OF STREETS IN BARRIER 
  ISLANDS AND NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY COULD CAUSE LOCAL 
  STREET CLOSURES. 

* RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE
  FORECAST ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WHICH WILL BE 
  HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT LINGERING STORM SURGE AND
TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF TYPICALLY VULNERABLE
LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

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.

SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND
FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A
DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE
SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP.

&&

$$

FLZ075-174-112100-
/O.CON.KMFL.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170911T2100Z/
MAINLAND MONROE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE-
1131 AM EDT MON SEP 11 2017

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* COASTAL FLOODING...LINGERING FLOOD WATERS OF UP TO 2 FEET 
  ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. 

* COASTAL FLOODING TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS...FLOODING OF STREETS IN BARRIER
  ISLANDS AND NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY COULD CAUSE LOCAL
  STREET CLOSURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT LINGERING STORM SURGE AND
TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF TYPICALLY VULNERABLE
LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

&&

$$


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911 
WHUS42 KMFL 112119
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
519 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

FLZ069-168-172-173-121200-
/O.EXP.KMFL.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170911T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-170912T1200Z/
COASTAL COLLIER-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-
DADE-
519 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE 
  FORECAST ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WHICH WILL BE 
  HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. 

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.

SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND
FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A
DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE
SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP.

&&

$$

FLZ075-174-112230-
/O.EXP.KMFL.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170911T2100Z/
MAINLAND MONROE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE-
519 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

COASTAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$
GREGORIA

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Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2017Every rip current statement in 2017

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.