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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2017, 11:40 AM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2017, 11:40 AM EDT (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2017, 5:07 AM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
397 WHUS42 KMFL 281540 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1140 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017 .AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT, EAST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH AND LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. FLZ168-172-291200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0038.171028T1540Z-171029T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 1140 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES, 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. && $$ MOLLEDA HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
2 follow-up statements
187 WHUS42 KMFL 290316 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1116 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017 .AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT, EAST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH AND LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. FLZ168-172-291200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-171029T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 1116 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG THE BEACHES OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES, WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
677 WHUS42 KMFL 290907 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 507 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS GULF COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-291015- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-171029T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 507 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIPS CURRENTS TODAY. 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. && $$ FLZ069-300000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0039.171029T0907Z-171030T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 507 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 12:29 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 5 hr | |
| Oct 28, 12:29 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MFL | 32 hr | |
| Oct 28, 4:59 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 47 hr | |
| Oct 28, 10:18 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 19 hr |
| Oct 28, 11:17 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Miami-Dade | 18 hr |
| Oct 28, 1:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 27 min |
| Oct 28, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 36 min | |
| Oct 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 43 min | |
| Oct 28, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 21 min |
| Oct 28, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 20 min |
| Oct 28, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 31 min | |
| Oct 28, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 22 min |
| Oct 28, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Oct 28, 7:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 7:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min |
Nearby
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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.