Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 46, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 29, 2017, 5:56 PM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2017, 5:56 PM EST (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
324 WHUS42 KMFL 292256 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 556 PM EST Fri Dec 29 2017 FLZ168-310000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0046.171229T2256Z-171231T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 556 PM EST Fri Dec 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Saturday evening. * TIMING...through at least Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...strong Rip Currents are forecast to occur along the Palm Beaches, 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
2 follow-up statements
090 WHUS42 KMFL 300857 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 357 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 FLZ168-310000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-171231T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 357 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents are forecast to occur along the Palm Beaches, which will be hazardous for those in the surf zone. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
942 WHUS42 KMFL 302105 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 405 PM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 FLZ168-310000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-171231T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 405 PM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents are forecast to occur along the Palm Beaches, 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 7:40 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 2 hr |
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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.