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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 20, 2018, 4:26 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2018, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2018, 7:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 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 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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
- 315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
284 WHUS42 KMFL 202026 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 426 PM EDT Sun May 20 2018 FLZ168-172-173-220000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0025.180520T2026Z-180522T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 426 PM EDT Sun May 20 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Monday evening. * TIMING...Through Monday Evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along the 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
5 follow-up statements
625 WHUS42 KMFL 210802 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 402 AM EDT Mon May 21 2018 FLZ168-172-173-211615- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-180523T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 402 AM EDT Mon May 21 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...Through Tuesday Evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along the Atlantic Beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
134 WHUS42 KMFL 220749 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 349 AM EDT Tue May 22 2018 FLZ168-172-173-221600- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-180523T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 349 AM EDT Tue May 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through Tuesday Evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along the 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
971 WHUS42 KMFL 221143 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 743 AM EDT Tue May 22 2018 FLZ168-172-173-230000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-180523T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 743 AM EDT Tue May 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through Tuesday Evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along the Atlantic Beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
739 WHUS42 KMFL 221944 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 344 PM EDT Tue May 22 2018 FLZ168-172-173-230000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-180523T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 344 PM EDT Tue May 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through Tuesday Evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along the 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
192 WHUS42 KMFL 222353 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 753 PM EDT Tue May 22 2018 FLZ168-172-173-230100- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-180523T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 753 PM EDT Tue May 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Miami has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. There is now a moderate risk of rip currents at all Atlantic Beaches. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 5:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 42 min | |
| May 20, 6:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| May 20, 6:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| May 20, 8:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 117 min |
| May 20, 10:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 3 hr |
| May 20, 1:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 4 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.