Rip Current Statement
NWS Miami FL ยท US
Updated
This event was updated at .
Details
High Rip Current Risk Now In Effect From 8 PM EDT This Evening Through Friday Morning
- Event
- Rip Current Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Dangerous rip currents expected.
Where
Coastal Palm Beach County.
When
From 8 PM EDT this evening through Friday morning.
Impacts
Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Coastal Palm Beach County
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Miami FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~38s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NSXYB075EGEJE9ZWHP7X4V
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c0eacf70817be2252c49e11e2b07c841a753043a.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Miami FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMFL
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1860
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWMFL |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KMFL 161908 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0028.260917T0000Z-260918T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T08:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal Palm Beach County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012099 |
| UGC | FLZ168 |