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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 20, 2011, 4:03 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2011, 4:03 AM EST (09:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2011, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 49 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 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
498 WHUS42 KMFL 200903 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 403 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-201715- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0025.111220T0903Z-111221T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 403 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF A SMALL NORTHEASTERLY SWELL AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
3 follow-up statements
501 WHUS42 KMFL 201601 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1101 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-211200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-111221T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1101 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF A SMALL NORTHEASTERLY SWELL AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
597 WHUS42 KMFL 210826 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 326 AM EST WED DEC 21 2011 FLZ168-172-173-220000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-111222T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 326 AM EST WED DEC 21 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF A SMALL NORTHEASTERLY SWELL AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG 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 BEACHES THROUGH 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
806 WHUS42 KMFL 212132 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 432 PM EST WED DEC 21 2011 FLZ168-172-173-221000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-111222T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 432 PM EST WED DEC 21 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF A SMALL NORTHEASTERLY SWELL AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND 15 MPH RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:36 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFL | 30 hr |
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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.