Rip Current Statement
NWS Miami FL ยท US
Details
High Surf Advisory In Effect From 2 AM Friday To 8 AM EDT Saturday... ...High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect From Late Tonight Through Saturday Morning
- Event
- Rip Current Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 8 feet expected in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected.
Where
Coastal Palm Beach County.
When
For the High Surf Advisory, from 2 AM Friday to 8 AM EDT Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from late tonight through Saturday morning.
Impacts
Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Instructions
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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
- ~1m2s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3A2177Y9X4WC04S36GC7HN8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6215afa4c24e6211c16967882e4ae9a02a488758.001.2
- 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.5388
- 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 241554 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0029.260925T0600Z-260926T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T08:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal Palm Beach County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012099 |
| UGC | FLZ168 |