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Rip Current Statement 40, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 8, 2018, 2:58 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2018, 2:58 AM EST (07:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 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 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
969 WHUS42 KMFL 080758 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 258 AM EST Sat Dec 8 2018 FLZ168-172-173-090000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0040.181208T0758Z-181209T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 258 AM EST Sat Dec 8 2018 ...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...through at least this evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and swimming is not advised. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
2 follow-up statements
146 WHUS42 KMFL 082002 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 302 PM EST Sat Dec 8 2018 FLZ168-172-173-090415- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-181210T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 302 PM EST Sat Dec 8 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and swimming is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ SPM http://www.weather.gov/miami
083 WHUS42 KMFL 090750 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 250 AM EST Sun Dec 9 2018 FLZ168-172-173-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0040.000000T0000Z-181210T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 250 AM EST Sun Dec 9 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and swimming is not advised. 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 8, 1:20 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 25 min | |
| Dec 8, 1:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 23 min |
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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.