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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 11, 2012, 4:17 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 11, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2012, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 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 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1313 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
242 WHUS42 KMFL 110817 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 417 AM EDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ168-120600- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0008.120311T1800Z-120312T0800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 417 AM EDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY... * TIMING: EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH BUILDING SURF WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COAST LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES EXTENDING SOUTH TO MIAMI BEACH...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS TIME. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
602 WHUS42 KMFL 120758 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 358 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ172-173-121900- /O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120312T1900Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 358 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH 2 TO 3 FOOT SURF WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. * IMPACTS: STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ168-121900- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120312T1900Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 358 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING: EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH 3 TO 4 FOOT SURF WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COAST TODAY. * IMPACTS: STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS TIME. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
202 WHUS42 KMFL 121734 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 134 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-130100- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120313T0100Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 134 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING: EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. * IMPACTS: STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
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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.