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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 28, 2011, 4:51 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 28, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2011, 4:51 AM EDT (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 28, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2011, 3:29 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 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 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 2758 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
953 WHUS42 KMFL 280851 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 451 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 FLZ168-172-173-290000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0007.110728T0900Z-110729T0900Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 451 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT... * TIMING...EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES. THE RISK WILL BE PARTICULARLY ELEVATED NEAR THE TIME OF LOW TIDE AROUND MIDDAY AND AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU DO SWIM...ALWAYS SWIM IN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. 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. IF YOU DO GO INTO THE WATERS...SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
951 WHUS42 KMFL 290729 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 329 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... FLZ168-172-173-291530- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110729T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0008.110729T0800Z-110729T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 329 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES TODAY... * TIMING...EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES. THE RISK WILL BE PARTICULARLY ELEVATED NEAR THE TIME OF LOW TIDE AROUND MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU DO SWIM...ALWAYS SWIM IN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER FROM NEAR OR INSIDE THE SAND BAR INTO DEEPER WATER. DUE TO THE LIFE THREATENING DANGERS THAT THESE STRONG CURRENTS OF WATER POSE...SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. IF YOU DO GO INTO THE WATERS...SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 31 min |
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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.