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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 4, 2013, 3:15 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2013, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 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 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 2426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
975 WHUS42 KMFL 040715 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 315 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2013 FLZ168-172-173-050000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0017.130704T0715Z-130705T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 315 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS AND SMALL TO MODERATE SURF. 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 AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 37 min |
Nearby
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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.