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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 21, 2026, 11:06 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 22, 2026, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2026, 11:06 AM EST (16:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KNQX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
032 WHUS42 KMFL 211606 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1106 AM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 FLZ069-220000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0012.260223T0000Z-260224T1400Z/ Coastal Collier County- 1106 AM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From Sunday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ FLZ168-220000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260222T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 1106 AM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
10 follow-up statements
363 WHUS42 KMFL 211951 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 251 PM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 FLZ168-221900- /O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0012.260223T1000Z-260224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260222T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 251 PM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the first High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the second High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...For the first High Rip Current Risk, until 7 PM EST this evening. For the second High Rip Current Risk, from late Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-221900- /O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0012.260223T1000Z-260224T1800Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 251 PM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From late Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ069-221900- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.260223T0000Z-260224T1400Z/ Coastal Collier County- 251 PM EST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From Sunday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
501 WHUS42 KMFL 221846 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 146 PM EST Sun Feb 22 2026 FLZ168-172-173-230900- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0012.260223T1000Z-260225T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 146 PM EST Sun Feb 22 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From late tonight through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ069-230900- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.260223T0000Z-260224T1400Z/ Coastal Collier County- 146 PM EST Sun Feb 22 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From Sunday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
364 WHUS42 KMFL 230628 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 128 AM EST Mon Feb 23 2026 FLZ069-232100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260224T1400Z/ Coastal Collier County- 128 AM EST Mon Feb 23 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-172-173-232100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.260223T1000Z-260225T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 128 AM EST Mon Feb 23 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 5 AM EST early this morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
141 WHUS42 KMFL 232033 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 333 PM EST Mon Feb 23 2026 FLZ069-241400- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260224T1400Z/ Coastal Collier County- 333 PM EST Mon Feb 23 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-172-173-241400- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260225T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 333 PM EST Mon Feb 23 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
924 WHUS42 KMFL 240601 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 101 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 FLZ168-241400- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260226T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 101 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ069-241400- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260224T1400Z/ Coastal Collier County- 101 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-241400- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260225T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 101 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
923 WHUS42 KMFL 241356 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 856 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 FLZ069-241500- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260224T1400Z/ Coastal Collier County- 856 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... $$ FLZ172-173-250000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260225T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 856 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-250800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260226T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 856 AM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
721 WHUS42 KMFL 242302 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 602 PM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 FLZ172-173-250015- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260225T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 602 PM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-250915- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260226T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 602 PM EST Tue Feb 24 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
555 WHUS42 KMFL 250530 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1230 AM EST Wed Feb 25 2026 FLZ168-260000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260227T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 1230 AM EST Wed Feb 25 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
107 WHUS42 KMFL 252214 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 514 PM EST Wed Feb 25 2026 FLZ168-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260227T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 514 PM EST Wed Feb 25 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
969 WHUS42 KMFL 260604 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 104 AM EST Thu Feb 26 2026 FLZ172-270000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0013.260226T0604Z-260227T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County- 104 AM EST Thu Feb 26 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260227T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 104 AM EST Thu Feb 26 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 11:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 3 days | |
| Feb 21, 1:12 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 26 hr |
Nearby
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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.