Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 14, 2011, 5:32 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at May 14, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2011, 5:32 AM EDT (09:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 09:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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.
743 WHUS42 KMFL 140932 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 532 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 FLZ168-150000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0002.110514T1000Z-110515T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 532 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... A NORTH NORTHEAST SWELL OF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUATION OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COAST...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST. THEREFORE...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE PALM BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 29 min |
| May 14, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 41 min |
| May 14, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 49 min |
| May 14, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 49 min |
| May 14, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| May 14, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 40 min |
| May 14, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 36 min |
| May 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 42 min |
| May 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| May 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 38 min |
| May 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 45 min |
| May 14, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 42 min |
| May 14, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 112 min | |
| May 14, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| May 14, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 50 min |
| May 14, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 16 min |
| May 14, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 57 min |
| May 14, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 46 min |
| May 14, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 35 min |
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.