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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 12, 2011, 3:42 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2011, 3:42 AM EST (08:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2011, 8:56 PM EST
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 08:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
720 WHUS42 KMFL 120842 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 342 AM EST MON DEC 12 2011 FLZ168-172-173-131000- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0014.000000T0000Z-111213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0024.111212T0842Z-111214T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 342 AM EST MON DEC 12 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...EAST NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
4 follow-up statements
902 WHUS42 KMFL 131009 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 509 AM EST TUE DEC 13 2011 FLZ168-172-173-141000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-111214T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 509 AM EST TUE DEC 13 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...EAST NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE... BROWARD... AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST LATE TONIGHT. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
614 WHUS42 KMFL 141000 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 500 AM EST WED DEC 14 2011 FLZ168-172-173-151000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-111215T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 500 AM EST WED DEC 14 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...EAST NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE... BROWARD... AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST LATE TONIGHT. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
014 WHUS42 KMFL 151001 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 500 AM EST THU DEC 15 2011 FLZ168-172-173-160300- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-111216T0300Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 500 AM EST THU DEC 15 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...AN EAST WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE... BROWARD... AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
209 WHUS42 KMFL 160156 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 856 PM EST THU DEC 15 2011 FLZ168-172-173-160300- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-111216T0300Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 856 PM EST THU DEC 15 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE EASTERLY WINDS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN 15 MPH THIS EVENING. THIS HAS LOWER THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM A HIGH RISK TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TONIGHT ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2:52 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 24 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.