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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 3, 2015, 5:14 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2015, 5:14 AM EDT (09:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2015, 5:24 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 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 09:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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
- 573 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
446 WHUS42 KMFL 030914 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 514 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 FLZ168-172-173-031715- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0032.151003T0914Z-151005T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 514 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED..AND A MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE AROUND 1 PM TODAY AND AROUND 130 AM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. 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. && $$ FLZ069-031715- /O.EXB.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 514 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED..AND PERSISTENT NORTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE AROUND 5 AM AND 7 PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
4 follow-up statements
228 WHUS42 KMFL 031118 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 718 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 FLZ172-173-040015- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 718 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED..AND A MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE AROUND 1 PM TODAY AND AROUND 130 AM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. && $$ FLZ168-040015- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 718 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED..AND A MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE AROUND 1 PM TODAY AND AROUND 130 AM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ069-040015- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 718 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED..AND PERSISTENT NORTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT THE NAPLES PIER IS 7 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
692 WHUS42 KMFL 031118 CCA CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 718 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 FLZ172-173-040015- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ /O.COR.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 718 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED...AND A SMALL NORTHEAST GROUND SWELL WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE AROUND 1 PM TODAY AND AROUND 130 AM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. && $$ FLZ168-040015- /O.COR.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ /O.COR.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 718 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED...AND A MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE AROUND 1 PM TODAY AND AROUND 130 AM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 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. && $$ FLZ069-040015- /O.COR.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 718 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED...AND PERSISTENT NORTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT THE NAPLES PIER IS 7 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
772 WHUS42 KMFL 032242 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 642 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 FLZ168-051200- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 642 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED...AND A MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE 130 AM AND 230 PM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 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. && $$ FLZ069-172-173-051200- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 642 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED...AND A SMALL NORTHEAST GROUND SWELL WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE AROUND 130 AM AND 230 PM SUNDAY * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCALIZED ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCALES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
866 WHUS42 KMFL 040924 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 524 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ168-050400- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 524 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE...TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED...AND A MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELL MAY CAUSE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN SOME FLOODING OF DOCKS, PIERS, AND ROADS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY. 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. && $$ FLZ069-050400- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0033.151004T0924Z-151005T0400Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 524 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED WHICH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ172-173-050400- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 524 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE AND TIDAL LEVELS RUNNING ABOVE PREDICTED MAY CAUSE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IN THE MOST SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN SOME FLOODING OF DOCKS, PIERS, AND ROADS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFL | 8 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.