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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 13, 2012, 3:28 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at May 13, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2012, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 07:27 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 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
611 WHUS42 KMFL 130728 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 328 AM EDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-132300- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0018.120513T1200Z-120513T2300Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 328 AM EDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AT THE BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 41 min |
| May 13, 7:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 54 min |
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.