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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL

May 30, 2011Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 30, 2011, 10:27 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2011, 10:27 AM EDT (14:27 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
10 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 14:28 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 12:00Z, 2.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1391 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1391 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

768 
WHUS42 KMFL 301427
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1027 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

FLZ168-172-173-310000-
/O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0013.000000T0000Z-110530T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0003.110530T1427Z-110531T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
1027 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER
GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD,
AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.

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.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

&&

$$

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
1 follow-up statement
982 
WHUS42 KMFL 310010
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
810 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

FLZ168-172-173-310815-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110531T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0004.110531T0010Z-110601T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
810 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH
COUNTIES.


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.

THERE IS A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

&&

$$


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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 4:58 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach5 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.