COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
459 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY...

SUSTAINED EAST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL
RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG
THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES
TODAY. AS SUCH...SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN
PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER FROM NEAR OR INSIDE THE SAND BAR INTO
DEEPER WATER. DUE TO THE LIFE THREATENING DANGERS THAT THESE
STRONG CURRENTS OF WATER POSE...SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED.

SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED TODAY. HOWEVER...IF YOU DO GO INTO THE
WATER SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH
PATROL. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS
ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES.

AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU
SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM
TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT.

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GREGORIA