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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 3, 2011, 9:25 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2011, 9:25 PM EST (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 46 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 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
188 WHUS42 KMFL 040225 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 925 PM EST SAT DEC 3 2011 FLZ168-172-173-050000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0023.111204T0225Z-111205T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 925 PM EST SAT DEC 3 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS, COMBINED WITH WAVE ACTION WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH REST OF THIS WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
3 follow-up statements
862 WHUS42 KMFL 040826 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 326 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2011 FLZ168-172-173-042100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-111205T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 326 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS...COMBINED WITH WAVE ACTION WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
048 WHUS42 KMFL 041957 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 257 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2011 FLZ168-172-173-051200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-111205T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 257 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...EAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS...COMBINED WITH WAVE ACTION WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
827 WHUS42 KMFL 050838 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 338 AM EST MON DEC 5 2011 FLZ168-172-173-060000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-111206T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 338 AM EST MON DEC 5 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS COMBINED WITH WAVE ACTION WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
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.