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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 12, 2018, 3:49 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2018, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 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 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
399 WHUS42 KMFL 121949 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 349 PM EDT Thu Apr 12 2018 FLZ168-172-173-140000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0018.180412T1949Z-180414T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 349 PM EDT Thu Apr 12 2018 ...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 rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along Atlantic Beaches. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
3 follow-up statements
343 WHUS42 KMFL 130808 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 408 AM EDT Fri Apr 13 2018 FLZ168-172-173-131615- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-180414T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 408 AM EDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along Atlantic Beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
843 WHUS42 KMFL 131356 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 956 AM EDT Fri Apr 13 2018 FLZ168-172-173-132200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-180414T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 956 AM EDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along Atlantic Beaches. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
577 WHUS42 KMFL 140001 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 801 PM EDT Fri Apr 13 2018 FLZ168-172-173-140815- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-180414T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0019.180414T0001Z-180415T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 801 PM EDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Saturday evening. * TIMING...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along Atlantic Beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
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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.