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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 5, 2015, 4:48 AM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2015, 4:48 AM EDT (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1365 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
023 WHUS42 KMFL 050848 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 448 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 FLZ168-051000- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0034.151005T0848Z-151007T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 448 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...BUILDING NORTHEAST SWELL LATER TODAY WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. THIS 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-051000- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 448 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NO LONGER EXPECTED... * TIDES HAVE LOWERED SUCH THAT MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...ANOTHER STATEMENT MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY...IF INCREASING SWELL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUES ALONG COASTAL AREAS INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
5 follow-up statements
407 WHUS42 KMFL 052012 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 412 PM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 FLZ168-070000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-151007T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 412 PM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...BUILDING NORTHEAST SWELL WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
199 WHUS42 KMFL 060833 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 433 AM EDT TUE OCT 6 2015 FLZ172-070900- /O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-151008T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD- 433 AM EDT TUE OCT 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOST PRONOUNCED BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDES. * IMPACTS...BUILDING NORTHEAST SWELL WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF BROWARD COUNTY. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ168-070900- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-151008T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 433 AM EDT TUE OCT 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOST PRONOUNCED BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDES. * IMPACTS...BUILDING NORTHEAST SWELL WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
115 WHUS42 KMFL 062003 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 403 PM EDT TUE OCT 6 2015 FLZ168-172-072100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-151008T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 403 PM EDT TUE OCT 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOST PRONOUNCED BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDES. * IMPACTS...BUILDING NORTHEAST SWELL WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF PALM BEACH AND NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY. LIFEGUARDS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
562 WHUS42 KMFL 070842 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 442 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2015 FLZ168-172-072100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-151008T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 442 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING AND MOST PRONOUNCED BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDES. * IMPACTS...LIFEGUARDS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
925 WHUS42 KMFL 080002 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 802 PM EDT WED OCT 7 2015 FLZ168-172-080115- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-151008T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 802 PM EDT WED OCT 7 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE PALM BEACH AND NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY COASTS THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
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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.