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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 21, 2014, 3:34 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2014, 3:34 AM EDT (07:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2014, 2:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1333 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
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
044 WHUS42 KMFL 210734 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 334 AM EDT MON APR 21 2014 FLZ168-212045- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0013.140421T0734Z-140423T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 334 AM EDT MON APR 21 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. WHILE THESE BEACHES ARE UNDER A HIGH RISK, OTHER BEACHES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL ALSO BE IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
627 WHUS42 KMFL 220412 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1212 AM EDT TUE APR 22 2014 FLZ168-230000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-140423T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 1212 AM EDT TUE APR 22 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. WHILE THESE BEACHES ARE UNDER A HIGH RISK...OTHER BEACHES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL ALSO BE IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
935 WHUS42 KMFL 221346 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 946 AM EDT TUE APR 22 2014 FLZ168-230000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-140423T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 946 AM EDT TUE APR 22 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. 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. && $$ KONARIK
235 WHUS42 KMFL 221833 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 233 PM EDT TUE APR 22 2014 FLZ168-221945- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-140423T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 233 PM EDT TUE APR 22 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. ALTHOUGH THE HIGH RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED...MODERATE RIP CURRENTS REMAIN POSSIBLE DUE TO A SMALL NORTHEAST SWELL IMPACTING THE PALM BEACH COAST. SWIMMERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE TO HEED THE ADVICE OF THE LOCAL BEACH OFFICIALS AND LIFEGUARDS. && $$
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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.