Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 36, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 25, 2012, 4:23 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2012, 4:23 AM EST (09:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
453 WHUS42 KMFL 250923 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 423 AM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE EAST COAST... .A LINGERING NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST TODAY...MAINLY FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO JUPITER INLET...WITH ELEVATED SURF AND RIP CURRENTS. THIS SWELL IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY TODAY. SIMILAR TO THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. THIS WILL KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL STREET FLOODING UP...MAINLY ON THE BAY SIDE OF SOUTH BEACH AND PORTIONS OF A1A IN FORT LAUDERDALE. FLZ172-173-260000- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0010.121125T0923Z-121126T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 423 AM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE... * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ARE RUNNING SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL...WHICH CONTINUES TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE BAY SIDE OF SOUTH BEACH...MAINLY ALONG ALTON ROAD FROM FIFTH TO TENTH STREET...AND PORTIONS OF A1A IN FORT LAUDERDALE. * TIMING...MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT AND AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE WILL BE EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 6 AM AND AND ONCE AGAIN AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...PARTIAL STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. $$ FLZ168-260000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0036.121125T0923Z-121126T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 423 AM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...MODERATE SURF WILL MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS WHERE THE SURF IS GENERALLY HIGHER. * TIMING...SURF AND THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL MAINTAIN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY AROUND PIERS AND JETTIES WHERE THE HIGHER SURF IS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
2 follow-up statements
149 WHUS42 KMFL 251934 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 234 PM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE EAST COAST... .A LINGERING NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST TODAY...MAINLY FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO JUPITER INLET...WITH ELEVATED SURF AND RIP CURRENTS. THIS SWELL IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY TODAY. SIMILAR TO THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TOMORROW. THIS WILL KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL STREET FLOODING UP...MAINLY ON THE BAY SIDE OF SOUTH BEACH AND PORTIONS OF A1A IN FORT LAUDERDALE. FLZ168-260000- /O.EXB.KMFL.CF.S.0010.000000T0000Z-121127T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-121126T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 234 PM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE NEAR HIGH TIDES... * SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...MODERATE SURF WILL MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AROUND JETTIES AND PIERS. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ARE RUNNING SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DIMINISH TONIGHT. MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT AND AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE WILL AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY 600 AM MONDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN BETWEEN 600 PM AND 700 PM MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL MAINTAIN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PARTIAL STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. $$ FLZ172-173-260000- /O.EXT.KMFL.CF.S.0010.000000T0000Z-121127T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 234 PM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDES... * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ARE RUNNING SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL...WHICH CONTINUES TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE BAY SIDE OF SOUTH BEACH...MAINLY ALONG ALTON ROAD FROM FIFTH TO TENTH STREET...AND PORTIONS OF A1A IN FORT LAUDERDALE. * TIMING...MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT AND AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 600 PM EST AND 700 PM EDT THIS AND TOMORROW EVENINGS...AND BETWEEN 600 AM EST AND 700 AM EST TOMORROW MORNING. * IMPACTS...PARTIAL STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. $$
175 WHUS42 KMFL 260001 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 701 PM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EAST COAST... SIMILAR TO THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TOMORROW. THIS WILL KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL STREET FLOODING UP...MAINLY ON THE BAY SIDE OF SOUTH BEACH AND PORTIONS OF A1A IN FORT LAUDERDALE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. FLZ168-270000- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-121126T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0010.000000T0000Z-121127T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 701 PM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG EAST COAST... * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ARE RUNNING SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DIMINISH TONIGHT. MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT AND AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE IS AROUND 6 TO 7 PM THIS EVENING... FOLLOWED BY 600 AM MONDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN BETWEEN 600 PM AND 700 PM MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PARTIAL STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. $$ FLZ172-173-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0010.000000T0000Z-121127T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 701 PM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EAST COAST... * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ARE RUNNING SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL...WHICH CONTINUES TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE BAY SIDE OF SOUTH BEACH...MAINLY ALONG ALTON ROAD FROM FIFTH TO TENTH STREET...AND PORTIONS OF A1A IN FORT LAUDERDALE. * TIMING...MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT AND AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 600 PM EST AND 700 PM EDT THIS AND TOMORROW EVENINGS...AND BETWEEN 600 AM EST AND 700 AM EST TOMORROW MORNING. * IMPACTS...PARTIAL STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2:38 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Collier | 14 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:23 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 3 days |
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.