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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 30, 2011, 10:37 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2011, 10:37 AM EDT (14:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 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
- 446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
759 WHUS42 KMFL 301437 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1037 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 FLZ168-310000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0014.111030T1437Z-111031T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 1037 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...BREEZY TO WINDY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH A NORTHERLY SWELL OF 2 TO 3 FEET WILL ALLOW FOR DANGEROUS SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY TODAY. THE BEST TIME FOR THE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AROUND LOW TIDE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM EDT. HOWEVER...RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN A THREAT TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. THERE COULD EVEN BE SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION ALONG THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY TODAY ESPECIALLY AROUND HIGH TIDE WHICH IS BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON TODAY. 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 29, 8:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 5 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 4 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 85 min | |
| Oct 30, 10:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Oct 30, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 92 min | |
| Oct 30, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Oct 30, 2:51 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 28 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Oct 30, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 92 min | |
| Oct 30, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 113 min |
| Oct 30, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 23 min | |
| Oct 30, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Oct 30, 7:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 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.