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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Miami, FL

October 29, 2013Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 29, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 29, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 29, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 29, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 31, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 58 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 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

402 
WHUS42 KMFL 290800
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
400 AM EDT TUE OCT 29 2013

FLZ168-172-173-301200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0025.131029T1500Z-131030T1200Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
400 AM EDT TUE OCT 29 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT
RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING
  CONDITIONS TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

BAXTER

2 follow-up statements

218 
WHUS42 KMFL 300802
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
402 AM EDT WED OCT 30 2013

FLZ168-172-173-311200-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-131031T1300Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
402 AM EDT WED OCT 30 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. 

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.

&&

$$

BAXTER

673 
WHUS42 KMFL 310848
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
448 AM EDT THU OCT 31 2013

FLZ168-172-173-010000-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-131101T0100Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
448 AM EDT THU OCT 31 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. 

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 REMAIN NEAR A
LIFEGUARD STATION IF ENTERING THE WATER. 

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, 2013 Every 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.