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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Miami, FL

August 28, 20124 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 28, 2012, 8:11 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2012, 8:11 AM EDT (12:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

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

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2937 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-56 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.

398 
WHUS42 KMFL 281211
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
811 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2012


FLZ069-168-172-173-282300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0026.120828T1211Z-120829T0000Z/
COASTAL COLLIER-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
811 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH 2 TO 4 FOOT SURF
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY ALONG THE THE GULF AND EAST
  COAST BEACHES.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND SURF WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH
  RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE GULF AND ATLANTIC BEACHES. 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 10:35 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach5 days
Aug 28, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Aug 28, 3:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Aug 28, 3:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
Aug 28, 3:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL92 min
Aug 28, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach37 min
Aug 28, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Palm Beach107 min
Aug 28, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach30 min
Aug 28, 2:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLPalm Beach3 hr
Aug 28, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach119 min
Aug 28, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL112 min
Aug 28, 5:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach2 hr

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.