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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 14, 2018, 2:50 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 52 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2018, 2:50 PM EST (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 52 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 19:53 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
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
569 WHUS42 KMFL 141950 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 250 PM EST Sun Jan 14 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-151200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0004.180114T1950Z-180117T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 250 PM EST Sun Jan 14 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Tuesday evening. * TIMING...through Tuesday evening * IMPACTS...Breaking waves and longshore currents can knock you off the sandbar into deeper water. Rip currents will become strong near structures in the water such as piers, jetties and reefs. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
2 follow-up statements
913 WHUS42 KMFL 150755 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 255 AM EST Mon Jan 15 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-160000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-180117T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 255 AM EST Mon Jan 15 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Breaking waves and longshore currents can knock you off the sandbar into deeper water. Rip currents will become strong near structures in the water such as piers, jetties and reefs. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
305 WHUS42 KMFL 160048 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 748 PM EST Mon Jan 15 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... FLZ168-172-173-170000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-180117T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 748 PM EST Mon Jan 15 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Breaking waves and longshore currents can knock you off the sandbar into deeper water. Rip currents will become strong near structures in the water such as piers, jetties and reefs. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 9:34 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 5 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2018Every rip current statement in 2018
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.