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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Miami, FL

May 2, 2017Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 2, 2017, 12:48 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2017, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
19 hr
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 16:52 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 12:00Z, 4.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 506 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

996 
WHUS42 KMFL 021648
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1248 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2017

FLZ168-172-173-031200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0017.170502T1648Z-170503T1200Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE-
1248 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST ALONG 
  THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WHICH WILL BE 
  HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF. 

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.    
         
SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND
FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A
DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE
SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP.

&&

$$


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The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
May 2, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades31 min
May 2, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach33 min
May 2, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach24 min
May 2, 5:38 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach22 min
May 2, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach35 min
May 2, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach33 min
May 2, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach44 min
May 2, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward38 min
May 2, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward42 min

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2017Every rip current statement in 2017

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.