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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 29, 2014, 2:49 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 29, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2014, 2:49 AM EST (07:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 29, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2014, 8:01 AM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- 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 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
297 WHUS42 KMFL 290749 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 249 AM EST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY... FLZ168-172-173-300000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0032.141129T1200Z-141130T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 249 AM EST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES DUE TO ROUGH SURF. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
589 WHUS42 KMFL 291301 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 801 AM EST SAT NOV 29 2014 FLZ168-172-173-291415- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-141130T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 801 AM EST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 3:44 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 63 hr | |
| Nov 29, 4:12 PM EST | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 7 days |
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.