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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 29, 2015, 6:01 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2015, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2015, 5:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 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 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- 3052 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053 WHUS42 KMFL 292201 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 601 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2015 FLZ168-172-173-301100- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0028.150829T2201Z-150831T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 601 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERSISTENT GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
3 follow-up statements
927 WHUS42 KMFL 301056 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 656 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 FLZ168-172-173-310000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-150831T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 656 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERSISTENT GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
001 WHUS42 KMFL 301955 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 355 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 FLZ168-172-173-311200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-150831T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 355 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERSISTENT GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
287 WHUS42 KMFL 310920 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 520 AM EDT MON AUG 31 2015 FLZ168-172-173-311030- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-150831T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 520 AM EDT MON AUG 31 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE ONSHORE WIND HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. HOWEVER, A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS PERSISTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 50 min | |
| Aug 29, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 50 min | |
| Aug 29, 4:48 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 27 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.