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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 22, 2012, 3:58 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 22, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2012, 3:58 AM EDT (07:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 22, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 08:01 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 (KMIA), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 3353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
757 WHUS42 KMFL 220758 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 358 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... FLZ168-172-173-222200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0023.120722T1200Z-120722T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 358 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... 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 AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EXPECT THESE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THE THREAT FOR MINOR TO EVEN MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL CONTINUE 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 12:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 9:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Jul 22, 9:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 9:58 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFL | 6 hr | |
| Jul 22, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 87 min | |
| Jul 22, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Jul 22, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jul 22, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Jul 22, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 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.