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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 26, 2013, 4:02 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2013, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 08:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
430 WHUS42 KMFL 260802 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 402 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 FLZ168-172-173-271200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0014.130526T0802Z-130531T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 402 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL PLAGUE THE ATLANTIC BEACHES AND BECOME STRONG THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, DUE TO THE EXPECTED PERSISTENCE OF STRONG ONSHORE WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ GREGORIA
8 follow-up statements
140 WHUS42 KMFL 261145 AAA CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 745 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 FLZ168-172-173-271200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130531T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 745 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEK...DUE TO MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF. THIS WILL MAKE SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
803 WHUS42 KMFL 281111 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 711 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 FLZ168-172-173-291200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130531T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 711 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEK...DUE TO MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF. THIS WILL MAKE SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
186 WHUS42 KMFL 291139 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 739 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 FLZ168-172-173-300345- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130531T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 739 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEK...DUE TO MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF. THIS WILL MAKE SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
446 WHUS42 KMFL 291830 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 230 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 FLZ168-172-173-300230- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130531T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 230 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEK...DUE TO MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF. THIS WILL MAKE SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
096 WHUS42 KMFL 300810 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 410 AM EDT THU MAY 30 2013 FLZ168-172-173-312200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130531T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 410 AM EDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...DUE TO MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF. THIS WILL MAKE SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
538 WHUS42 KMFL 310031 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 831 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2013 FLZ168-172-173-311715- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130531T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 831 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. THE HIGH RISK MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...DUE TO MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF. THIS WILL MAKE SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
568 WHUS42 KMFL 312015 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 415 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013 FLZ168-172-173-011200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 415 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND...DUE TO MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
651 WHUS42 KMFL 010902 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 502 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 FLZ168-172-173-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 502 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY...DUE TO MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2013Every rip current statement in 2013
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.