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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 20, 2012, 2:55 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 20, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2012, 2:55 AM EDT (06:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 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 06:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 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
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
022 WHUS42 KMFL 200655 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 255 AM EDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-211000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0009.120320T1500Z-120321T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 255 AM EDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING: EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
5 follow-up statements
931 WHUS42 KMFL 200659 CCA CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 258 AM EDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-210700- /O.COR.KMFL.RP.S.0009.120320T1500Z-120321T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 258 AM EDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING: EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PALM BEACH...BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
575 WHUS42 KMFL 201426 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1026 AM EDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-211000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.120320T1500Z-120321T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1026 AM EDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING: EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
185 WHUS42 KMFL 210743 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 343 AM EDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-221000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120322T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 343 AM EDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING: EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
266 WHUS42 KMFL 212359 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 759 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-221000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120322T1000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 759 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING: EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL KEEP THE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE... BROWARD... AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
738 WHUS42 KMFL 220753 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 353 AM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-222300- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120322T2300Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 353 AM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING: EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF MIAMI DADE... BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
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.