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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 13, 2017, 7:51 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 13, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2017, 7:51 AM EDT (11:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2017, 3:41 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 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 11:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 3045 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
032 WHUS42 KMFL 131151 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 751 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017 FLZ168-172-173-150000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0023.170713T1200Z-170715T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 751 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
1 follow-up statement
171 WHUS42 KMFL 140741 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 341 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 2017 FLZ168-172-173-140845- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-170715T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE- 341 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. HOWEVER, A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY. $$ 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 12, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 8:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 37 min | |
| Jul 12, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Jul 13, 8:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 62 min |
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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.