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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 16, 2011, 4:52 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2011, 4:52 AM EDT (08:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2011, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 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 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414 WHUS42 KMFL 160852 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 452 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-171100- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0013.111016T0852Z-111017T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 452 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES... * TIMING...STRONG EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO MONDAY MORNING WHICH WILL KEEP INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS LIKELY ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH TODAY, TONIGHT, AND MONDAY. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
565 WHUS42 KMFL 170759 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 359 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-171600- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-111018T0300Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 359 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA KEEPING DANGEROUS SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 16, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 92 min | |
| Oct 16, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 38 min |
| Oct 16, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 82 min | |
| Oct 16, 2:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 60 min |
| Oct 16, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 3 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.