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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Miami, FL

February 4, 2012Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 4, 2012, 6:13 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2012, 6:13 AM EST (11:13 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 2012, 1:00 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-02-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

199 
WHUS42 KMFL 041113
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
613 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES...

FLZ168-172-173-041800-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0002.120204T1113Z-120204T1800Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
613 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

 * TIMING: MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH 2 TO 4 FOOT SURF
   WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC
   COAST BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES
   TODAY.

 * IMPACTS: DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT
   ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THE DAY TODAY.

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.

&&

$$


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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.