Weather Alerts for Martin CountyIssued by the National Weather Service |
 RIP CURRENT STATEMENT |
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| COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY | ||
Areas Affected: Coastal Palm Beach County |
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| Effective: Sat, 3/21 8:00pm | Updated: Sat, 3/21 9:32pm | Urgency: Expected |
| Expires: Sun, 3/22 8:00pm | Severity: Moderate | Certainty: Likely |
Details:
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Information: 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. |
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| RIP CURRENT STATEMENT |
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| MARTIN COUNTY | ||
Areas Affected: Coastal Palm Beach County |
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| Effective: Sat, 3/21 8:00pm | Updated: Sat, 3/21 9:32pm | Urgency: Expected |
| Expires: Sun, 3/22 8:00pm | Severity: Moderate | Certainty: Likely |
Details:
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Information: 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. |
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| RIP CURRENT STATEMENT |
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| MARTIN COUNTY | ||
Areas Affected: Coastal Volusia - Coastal Indian River - Coastal St. Lucie - Coastal Martin - Mainland Northern Brevard - Northern Brevard Barrier Islands - Mainland Southern Brevard - Southern Brevard Barrier Islands |
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| Effective: Sat, 3/21 2:23am | Updated: Sat, 3/21 9:32pm | Urgency: Expected |
| Expires: Sun, 3/22 3:00am | Severity: Moderate | Certainty: Likely |
Details:
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Beaches of Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie, and Martin Counties. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Information: 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, beach patrol flags and signs. Entering the surf is strongly discouraged. 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. |
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