Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, Statement
822 WHUS42 KMFL 111449 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1049 AM EDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE BEACHES... FLZ172-173-120000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0020.130811T1500Z-130812T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1049 AM EDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. 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. && $$ MOLLEDA