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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Miami, FL

October 13, 2014Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 13, 2014, 4:33 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2014, 4:33 AM EDT (08:33 UTC)
Expired: Oct 14, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 20 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: 1896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 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.

720 
WHUS42 KMFL 130833
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
433 AM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

FLZ172-173-131645-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0025.141013T0833Z-141014T0000Z/
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
433 AM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TODAY.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND MIAMI-
  DADE COUNTIES WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

4 follow-up statements

338 
WHUS42 KMFL 131412
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1012 AM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

FLZ172-173-140000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-141014T0000Z/
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
1012 AM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TODAY.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND MIAMI- 
  DADE COUNTIES WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 

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.

&&

$$

400 
WHUS42 KMFL 131952
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
352 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

FLZ172-173-140400-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-141014T1200Z/
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
352 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 AM TUESDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND MIAMI- 
  DADE COUNTIES WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 

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.

&&

$$

409 
WHUS42 KMFL 140907
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
507 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014


FLZ172-173-141200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-141014T1200Z/
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
507 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
  TODAY.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND MIAMI-
  DADE COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HAZARDOUS SWIMMING
  CONDITIONS. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE LOCAL BEACH OFFICIALS AND
  SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD IF ENTERING THE WATER.

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.

&&

$$

453 
WHUS42 KMFL 141214
CFWMFL

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
814 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

FLZ172-173-141315-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-141014T1200Z/
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
814 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS STILL EXISTS ON ALL SOUTH
FLORIDA'S ATLANTIC BEACHES. SWIMMERS AND BEACHGOERS ARE URGED TO
USE CAUTION AND HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS.

$$
KONARIK

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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.