Coastal Flood Warning, Watch, Statement


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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...
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/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.
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