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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 10, 2012, 5:47 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2012, 5:47 AM EST (10:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2012, 2:23 PM EST
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 10:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
532 WHUS42 KMFL 101047 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 547 AM EST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... .SWELLS ALONG WITH ONSHORE WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ168-172-173-101900- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0032.121110T1047Z-121111T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 547 AM EST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES CREATING HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
969 WHUS42 KMFL 102131 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 431 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... .MODERATE SURF COMBINED WITH ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUING ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. FLZ168-172-173-120000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-121112T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 431 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES CREATING HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
070 WHUS42 KMFL 110848 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 348 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... .MODERATE SURF COMBINED WITH ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUING ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT. FLZ168-172-173-120200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-121112T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 348 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF GREATEST RISK WILL BE AROUND LOW TIDE WHICH IS LATE IN THE MORNING AND EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER, THE RISK WILL BE HIGH ANYTIME. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES CREATING HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
349 WHUS42 KMFL 120323 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1023 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... .MODERATE SURF COMBINED WITH ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUING ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES INTO MONDAY. FLZ168-172-173-121200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-121112T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1023 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF GREATEST RISK WILL BE AROUND LOW TIDE WHICH IS LATE IN THE MORNING AND EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER... THE RISK WILL BE HIGH ANYTIME. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES CREATING HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
712 WHUS42 KMFL 120806 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 306 AM EST MON NOV 12 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... .MODERATE SURF COMBINED WITH ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUING ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. FLZ168-172-173-130200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-121113T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 306 AM EST MON NOV 12 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF GREATEST RISK WILL BE AROUND LOW TIDE WHICH IS LATE IN THE MORNING AND EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER... THE RISK WILL BE HIGH ANYTIME. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES CREATING HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
692 WHUS42 KMFL 130907 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 407 AM EST TUE NOV 13 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... .ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 15 MPH COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE LOW TIDES IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE EAST COAST BEACHES. FLZ168-172-173-131715- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-121114T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 407 AM EST TUE NOV 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF GREATEST RISK WILL BE AROUND LOW TIDE WHICH IS EARLY AFTERNOON AND LATE NIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER... THE RISK WILL BE HIGH ANYTIME. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES CREATING HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
300 WHUS42 KMFL 131923 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 223 PM EST TUE NOV 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-132030- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-121114T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 223 PM EST TUE NOV 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. WINDS ALONG THE COAST HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HAS DECREASED THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS, HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED AT AREA BEACHES. && $$ MOLLEDA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 4:13 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 45 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.