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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 30, 2019, 4:16 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 64 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2019, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 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 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 1213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted.
726 WHUS42 KMFL 300816 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 416 AM EDT Tue Apr 30 2019 FLZ168-172-173-010900- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0025.190430T0816Z-190502T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 416 AM EDT Tue Apr 30 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Wednesday evening. * TIMING...Through at least Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
5 follow-up statements
292 WHUS42 KMFL 302042 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 442 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2019 FLZ168-172-173-010900- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-190502T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 442 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...Through at least Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards. Swimming is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
275 WHUS42 KMFL 010611 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 211 AM EDT Wed May 1 2019 FLZ168-172-173-011415- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-190503T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 211 AM EDT Wed May 1 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...Through at least Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
260 WHUS42 KMFL 012004 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 404 PM EDT Wed May 1 2019 FLZ168-172-173-020415- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-190503T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 404 PM EDT Wed May 1 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...Through at least Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards. Swimming is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
009 WHUS42 KMFL 020618 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 218 AM EDT Thu May 2 2019 FLZ168-172-173-021430- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-190503T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 218 AM EDT Thu May 2 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through at least Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
012 WHUS42 KMFL 021421 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1021 AM EDT Thu May 2 2019 FLZ168-172-173-030000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-190503T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1021 AM EDT Thu May 2 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...through at least Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards. Swimming is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 4:17 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 52 hr | |
| Apr 30, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 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.