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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:58 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 5 hr |
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.