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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 7, 2015, 2:46 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 8, 2015, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2015, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2015, 5:24 PM EST
- In force
- 34 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 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
660 WHUS42 KMFL 071946 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 246 PM EST WED JAN 7 2015 FLZ168-172-173-080400- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0001.150108T1200Z-150109T0600Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 246 PM EST WED JAN 7 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIKELY...AS WINDS INCREASE LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE EAST COAST. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
538 WHUS42 KMFL 080133 AAA CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 833 PM EST WED JAN 7 2015 FLZ168-172-173-082100- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0001.150108T1200Z-150110T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 833 PM EST WED JAN 7 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SURF ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES WILL QUICKLY BUILD THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND PEAK SOMETIME LATE THURSDAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD IN THE 5 TO 8 FOOT RANGE ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST. THE SURF WILL GRADUALLY TREND DOWN THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PALM BEACH BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
348 WHUS42 KMFL 090052 AAA CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 752 PM EST THU JAN 8 2015 FLZ172-173-090200- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 752 PM EST THU JAN 8 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. && $$ FLZ168-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 752 PM EST THU JAN 8 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...A MODERATE NORTHERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SMALL TO MODERATE SURF ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
653 WHUS42 KMFL 090747 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 247 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2015 FLZ168-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 247 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A MODERATE NORTHERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SMALL TO MODERATE SURF ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
032 WHUS42 KMFL 092224 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 524 PM EST FRI JAN 9 2015 FLZ168-092330- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 524 PM EST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ BAXTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 59 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.