Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 9, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 689 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662 WHUS42 KMFL 100037 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 837 PM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 FLZ168-102000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0012.111010T0037Z-111010T2000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 837 PM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COAST... * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COAST WILL CONTINUE DUE TO MODERATE SURF. SURF WILL REMAIN IN THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE THROUGH MONDAY ALONG THIS SECTION OF THE COAST. FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE BROWARD COUNTY COAST...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO 2 TO 4 FOOT SURF CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...MODERATE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY ALONG THE PALM BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
574 WHUS42 KMFL 100904 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 504 AM EDT MON OCT 10 2011 FLZ168-110000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-111011T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 504 AM EDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS PALM BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A NORTHEAST SWELL OF UP TO 4 FEET WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE LIKELY TODAY. * IMPACTS...MODERATE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
630 WHUS42 KMFL 101824 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 224 PM EDT MON OCT 10 2011 FLZ168-110000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-111011T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 224 PM EDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS PALM BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A NORTHEAST SWELL OF UP TO 4 FEET WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG RIP CURRENTS REMAIN LIKELY. * IMPACTS...MODERATE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 3 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011
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.