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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 8, 2014, 3:09 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2014, 3:09 AM EST (08:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 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 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
589 WHUS42 KMFL 080809 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 309 AM EST WED JAN 8 2014 FLZ168-172-173-090000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0002.140108T0809Z-140109T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 309 AM EST WED JAN 8 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS AND MODERATE SURF WILL AFFECT THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. 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. && $$ BAXTER
4 follow-up statements
098 WHUS42 KMFL 081941 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 241 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014 FLZ168-172-173-090345- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T0600Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 241 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS AND MODERATE SURF WILL AFFECT THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
246 WHUS42 KMFL 090349 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1049 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014 FLZ168-172-173-091200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1049 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS AND MODERATE SURF WILL AFFECT THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA 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. && $$ BAXTER
264 WHUS42 KMFL 090847 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 347 AM EST THU JAN 9 2014 FLZ168-172-173-100000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140110T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 347 AM EST THU JAN 9 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...BREEZY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ BAXTER
205 WHUS42 KMFL 091949 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 249 PM EST THU JAN 9 2014 FLZ168-172-173-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140110T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 249 PM EST THU JAN 9 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. 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, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
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.