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Coastal Flood Statement 21, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this coastal flood statement at May 16, 2009, 3:35 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2009, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 39 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS42 KMFL 160735 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 335 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009 FLZ168-172-173-170000- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0021.090516T0735Z-090517T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 335 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND... EAST WINDS NEAR 20 MPH ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD...AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY...SO SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. IF YOU DO GO INTO THE WATERS...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. && $$ DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 22 min | |
| May 15, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 24 min |
| May 16, 3:08 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 11 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in Florida, 2009Every coastal flood statement in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.