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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 14, 2012, 4:40 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 14, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
674 WHUS42 KMFL 140840 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 440 AM EDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... FLZ168-172-173-150800- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0012.120414T1000Z-120415T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 440 AM EDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS COMBINED WITH BUILDING SURF INTO THE MODERATE RANGE WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPING TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES FROM JUPITER INLET TO MIAMI BEACH. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
860 WHUS42 KMFL 141813 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 213 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-151200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-120415T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 213 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT... * TIMING...MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS COMBINED WITH BUILDING SURF WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES FROM JUPITER INLET TO MIAMI BEACH. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
852 WHUS42 KMFL 150857 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 457 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-160000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-120416T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 457 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS COMBINED WITH MODERATE SURF WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES FROM JUPITER INLET TO MIAMI BEACH. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. 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. && $$
206 WHUS42 KMFL 151402 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1002 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-160000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-120416T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1002 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH MODERATE SURF WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES FROM JUPITER INLET TO MIAMI BEACH. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Apr 14, 12:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 119 min |
| Apr 14, 5:08 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | 24 hr | |
| Apr 14, 8:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 10:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 10:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Apr 14, 10:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 63 min |
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.