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Coastal Flood Statement 13, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this coastal flood statement at May 30, 2011, 4:58 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2011, 4:58 AM EDT (08:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 10:27 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 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 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
073 WHUS42 KMFL 300858 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 458 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... FLZ168-172-173-302200- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0013.110530T0900Z-110530T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 458 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS HAS LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH, BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES. 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. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
768 WHUS42 KMFL 301427 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1027 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA... FLZ168-172-173-310000- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0013.000000T0000Z-110530T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0003.110530T1427Z-110531T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1027 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER FROM NEAR OR INSIDE THE SAND BAR INTO DEEPER WATER. DUE TO THE LIFE THREATENING DANGERS THAT THESE STRONG CURRENTS OF WATER POSE...SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:27 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 10 hr |
Nearby
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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.