Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 36, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 9, 2015, 12:42 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2015, 12:42 PM EDT (16:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 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
- 297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
259 WHUS42 KMFL 091642 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1242 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2015 FLZ168-100045- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0036.151009T1642Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151011T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 1242 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING/RIP CURRENTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ON BEACHES. COASTAL FLOODING...INCLUDING STREET FLOODING...IS POSSIBLE AROUND PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. COASTAL FLOODING RISK IS HIGHEST NEAR HIGH TIDES THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND RIP CURRENTS ARE MOST LIKELY BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE BETWEEN 630 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING AND AROUND 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING. THE NEXT LOW TIDE IS AROUND 1230 PM EDT TODAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES ARE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE IN SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. STREET FLOODING ALSO IN POORLY DRAINED AND LOW-LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-100045- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151011T1800Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 1242 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE COMBINED WITH UNUSUALLY HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL CAUSE TIDAL FLOODING IN SENSITIVE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM THIS EVENING AND AROUND 730 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TIDAL INUNDATION WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON DOCKS...PIERS...AND LOW-LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
2 follow-up statements
450 WHUS42 KMFL 092025 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 425 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2015 FLZ168-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151011T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 425 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING/RIP CURRENTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ON BEACHES. COASTAL FLOODING...INCLUDING STREET FLOODING...IS POSSIBLE AROUND PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. COASTAL FLOODING RISK IS HIGHEST NEAR HIGH TIDES THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND RIP CURRENTS ARE MOST LIKELY BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE BETWEEN 630 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING AND AROUND 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES ARE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE IN SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. STREET FLOODING ALSO IN POORLY DRAINED AND LOW-LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151011T1800Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 425 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE COMBINED WITH UNUSUALLY HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL CAUSE TIDAL FLOODING IN SENSITIVE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. * TIMING...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDES. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM THIS EVENING AND AROUND 730 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TIDAL INUNDATION WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON DOCKS...PIERS...AND LOW-LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
554 WHUS42 KMFL 100005 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 805 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2015 FLZ168-111800- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151011T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 805 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING...INCLUDING STREET FLOODING...WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...COASTAL FLOODING RISK IS HIGHEST NEAR HIGH TIDES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING AND AROUND 8 PM SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE IN SENSITIVE LOCATIONS NEAR THE COAST. STREET FLOODING ALSO IN POORLY DRAINED AND LOW- LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ172-173-111800- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151011T1800Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 805 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE LUNAR CYCLE COMBINED WITH UNUSUALLY HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL CAUSE TIDAL FLOODING IN SENSITIVE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. * TIMING...COASTAL FLOODING RISK IS HIGHEST NEAR HIGH TIDES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ARE BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING AND AROUND 8 PM SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TIDAL INUNDATION WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON DOCKS...PIERS...AND LOW-LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ 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 9, 9:56 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 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.