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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Miami, FL
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 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.
- 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
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
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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.