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Rip Current Statement
Issued: 7:51 PM Feb. 21, 2026 – National Weather Service
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County.

* WHEN...From late Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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Fire Weather Watch
Issued: 6:12 PM Feb. 21, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a Fire Weather
Watch, which is in effect from Monday morning through Monday
evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 068 Metro Palm Beach County,
Fire Weather Zone 069 Coastal Collier County, Fire Weather
Zone 071 Inland Broward County, Fire Weather Zone 072 Metro
Broward County, Fire Weather Zone 073 Inland Miami-Dade
County, Fire Weather Zone 074 Metropolitan Miami Dade, Fire
Weather Zone 075 Mainland Monroe, Fire Weather Zone 163 Glades
County Lake Region, Fire Weather Zone 166 Hendry County Lakes
Region, Fire Weather Zone 167 Palm Beach County Lake Region,
Fire Weather Zone 168 Coastal Palm Beach County, Fire Weather
Zone 170 Big Cypress, Fire Weather Zone 172 Coastal Broward
County, Fire Weather Zone 173 Coastal Miami Dade County, Fire
Weather Zone 174 Far South Miami-Dade County, Fire Weather
Zone 263 Glades County, Fire Weather Zone 266 Hendry County,
Fire Weather Zone 267 Inland Palm Beach County, Fire Weather
Zone 270 Northern Collier and Fire Weather Zone 370 Southwest
Collier.

* TIMING...From Monday morning through Monday evening.

* WINDS...Northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 23 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Up to 65.

* LIGHTNING...

* IMPACTS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

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Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 5:44 PM Feb. 21, 2026 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM EST
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 kt and seas 7 to 12 ft
expected.

* WHERE...Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach
FL out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean
Reef FL out 20 NM, Waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield
Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Deerfield Beach to
Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM excluding the territorial
waters of Bahamas.

* WHEN...From 5 PM Sunday to 9 AM EST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

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