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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Miami, FL

November 5, 2015Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 5, 2015, 2:40 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2015, 2:40 AM EST (07:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2015, 8:31 PM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 20 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2021 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

194 
WHUS42 KMFL 050740
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
240 AM EST THU NOV 5 2015

FLZ172-173-060500-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0038.151105T0740Z-151106T0500Z/
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
240 AM EST THU NOV 5 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...THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH THE GREATEST RISK AROUND LOW
  TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AT MID MORNING AND MID EVENING.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE PRESENT ALONG THE ATLANTIC
  BEACHES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG. 

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
1 follow-up statement
724 
WHUS42 KMFL 060131
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
831 PM EST THU NOV 5 2015

DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
FLZ172-173-060245-
/O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-151106T0500Z/
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
831 PM EST THU NOV 5 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR THE EAST COAST BEACHES
OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

THE EASTERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASE TO BELOW 15 KNOTS THIS EVENING
FOR THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND SHOULD REMAIN
BELOW 15 KNOTS THROUGH REST OF TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK
FOR THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI

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.