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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 24, 2012, 5:31 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 24, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2012, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 24, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 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 21:31 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 12:00Z, 9.5 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
- 2430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
808 WHUS42 KMFL 242131 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 531 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TONIGHT... FLZ168-172-173-251200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0024.120825T0000Z-120825T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 531 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
338 WHUS42 KMFL 250952 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 552 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TONIGHT... FLZ168-172-173-261200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-120827T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 552 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Aug 24, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Aug 24, 2:09 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 9 hr | |
| Aug 24, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Aug 24, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Aug 24, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Aug 24, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 50 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.