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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 28, 2014, 2:16 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 28, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2014, 2:16 AM EST (07:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2014, 6:21 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
205 WHUS42 KMFL 280716 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 216 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2014 FLZ168-290000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0035.141228T1200Z-141229T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 216 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY... 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 FOR BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS....STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY TODAY DUE TO A NORTHEAST SWELL ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PALM BEACH COAST FROM LAKE WORTH TO JUPITER INLET. 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. && $$ BAXTER
2 follow-up statements
347 WHUS42 KMFL 280716 CCA CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 216 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2014 FLZ168-290000- /O.COR.KMFL.RP.S.0035.141228T1200Z-141229T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 216 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS....STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY, DUE TO A NORTHEAST SWELL ALONG THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COAST. THE HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COAST, FROM LAKE WORTH TO JUPITER INLET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
776 WHUS42 KMFL 282321 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 621 PM EST SUN DEC 28 2014 FLZ168-290030- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-141229T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 621 PM EST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS LOWERED THE RIP CURRENT RISK TO MODERATE FOR THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 1:43 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
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.