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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 11, 2018, 3:58 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 12, 2018, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2018, 3:58 PM EST (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 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 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
839 WHUS42 KMFL 112058 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 358 PM EST Tue Dec 11 2018 FLZ168-120900- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0042.181212T1200Z-181213T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 358 PM EST Tue Dec 11 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. * TIMING...Wednesday * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and swimming is not recommended. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
5 follow-up statements
051 WHUS42 KMFL 120836 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 336 AM EST Wed Dec 12 2018 FLZ168-121645- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0042.181212T1200Z-181214T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 336 AM EST Wed Dec 12 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...through Thursday evening * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and swimming is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
633 WHUS42 KMFL 121352 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 852 AM EST Wed Dec 12 2018 FLZ172-173-131100- /O.EXA.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-181214T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 852 AM EST Wed Dec 12 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Thursday evening. * TIMING...through Thursday evening * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and swimming is not recommended. 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. && $$ FLZ168-131100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-181214T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 852 AM EST Wed Dec 12 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...through Thursday evening * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and swimming is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
874 WHUS42 KMFL 122031 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 331 PM EST Wed Dec 12 2018 FLZ168-172-173-131100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-181214T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 331 PM EST Wed Dec 12 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...through Thursday evening * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and swimming is not recommended. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
822 WHUS42 KMFL 130841 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 341 AM EST Thu Dec 13 2018 FLZ168-172-173-131645- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-181214T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 341 AM EST Thu Dec 13 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...through Thursday evening * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and swimming is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
255 WHUS42 KMFL 132153 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 453 PM EST Thu Dec 13 2018 FLZ168-172-173-140000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-181214T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 453 PM EST Thu Dec 13 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST 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 recommended. 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.