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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 7, 2012, 4:11 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2012, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 563 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
641 WHUS42 KMFL 070811 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 411 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-071615- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0011.120407T0811Z-120407T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 411 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. THERE WILL ALSO BE A DEVELOPING SMALL NORTHEAST SWELL BY LATE THIS MORNING ALONG THE COASTS OF PALM BEACH AND NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTIES. THIS ALONG WITH LOW TIDE THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH, BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
3 follow-up statements
692 WHUS42 KMFL 071948 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 348 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... FLZ168-172-173-081200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120408T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 348 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG WITH A SMALL TO MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL OF THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
932 WHUS42 KMFL 080859 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 459 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... FLZ168-172-173-081700- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120409T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 459 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... A NORTHEAST TO EAST WIND OF 15 TO 2O MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW TIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND A SMALL TO MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL ALONG THE COASTS OF PALM BEACH AND NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTIES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ALL OF THE ATLANTIC BEACHES INCLUDING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. IN ADDITION, THE SWELLS WILL ALSO LIKELY RESULT IN FOUR TO FIVE FOOT BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY ADDING TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
396 WHUS42 KMFL 082021 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 421 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... FLZ168-172-173-090000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120409T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 421 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A NORTHEAST TO EAST WIND OF 15 TO 2O MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW TIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND A SMALL TO MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL ALONG THE COASTS OF PALM BEACH AND NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTIES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ALL OF THE ATLANTIC BEACHES INCLUDING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. IN ADDITION, THE SWELLS WILL ALSO LIKELY RESULT IN FOUR TO FIVE FOOT BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY ADDING TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
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.