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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 16, 2016, 4:04 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2016, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2016, 4:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 2177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
185 WHUS42 KMFL 162004 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 404 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 FLZ172-173-170415- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0025.160716T2004Z-160718T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 404 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. SEVERAL RESCUES DUE TO RIP CURRENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
8 follow-up statements
549 WHUS42 KMFL 170837 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 437 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... FLZ172-173-171645- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-160718T0000Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 437 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. SEVERAL RESCUES DUE TO RIP CURRENTS WERE REPORTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
484 WHUS42 KMFL 171351 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 951 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... FLZ168-181200- /O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-160718T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 951 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. SEVERAL RESCUES DUE TO RIP CURRENTS WERE REPORTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-181200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-160718T1200Z/ COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 951 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. SEVERAL RESCUES DUE TO RIP CURRENTS WERE REPORTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
847 WHUS42 KMFL 172002 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 402 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT CONTINUES THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... FLZ168-172-173-180415- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-160719T0900Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 402 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. SEVERAL RESCUES DUE TO RIP CURRENTS WERE REPORTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
091 WHUS42 KMFL 181401 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1001 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016 FLZ168-172-173-182215- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-160719T0900Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 1001 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
378 WHUS42 KMFL 181950 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 350 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016 FLZ168-172-173-190900- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-160719T0900Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 350 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
433 WHUS42 KMFL 190854 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 454 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 FLZ168-172-173-201200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-160720T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 454 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
478 WHUS42 KMFL 191956 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 356 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 FLZ168-172-173-201200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-160720T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 356 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
973 WHUS42 KMFL 200813 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 413 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2016 FLZ168-172-173-200915- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-160720T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 413 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. HOWEVER...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES TODAY AND RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ATTENDING THE BEACHES NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF LOW TIDE. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 42 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 25 min | |
| Jul 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 119 min |
| Jul 16, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 47 min | |
| Jul 16, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 43 min | |
| Jul 16, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 42 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
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.