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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Miami, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 10:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 5 days |
| Aug 28, 2:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Aug 28, 3:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Aug 28, 3:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 44 min | |
| Aug 28, 3:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 92 min | |
| Aug 28, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 2:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 107 min |
| Aug 28, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 2:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 119 min |
| Aug 28, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 112 min | |
| Aug 28, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 hr |
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.