Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 8, 2019, 8:02 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2019, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 673 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
746 WHUS42 KMFL 090002 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 802 PM EDT Tue Oct 8 2019 FLZ168-090815- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-191009T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0037.191009T0002Z-191010T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 802 PM EDT Tue Oct 8 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...The rip current risk will persist through at least this evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-090115- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-191009T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 802 PM EDT Tue Oct 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
3 follow-up statements
213 WHUS42 KMFL 090738 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 338 AM EDT Wed Oct 9 2019 FLZ168-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-191010T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 338 AM EDT Wed Oct 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...The rip current risk will persist through at least this evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
842 WHUS42 KMFL 091330 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 930 AM EDT Wed Oct 9 2019 FLZ168-092130- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-191010T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 930 AM EDT Wed Oct 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...The rip current risk will persist through at least this evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami FELL
029 WHUS42 KMFL 091959 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 359 PM EDT Wed Oct 9 2019 FLZ168-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-191010T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 359 PM EDT Wed Oct 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...The rip current risk will persist through at least this evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Oct 9, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Oct 9, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 59 min |
| Oct 9, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 42 min |
| Oct 9, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 48 min |
| Oct 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Oct 9, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 118 min | |
| Oct 9, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 61 min |
| Oct 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 44 min |
| Oct 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 46 min |
| Oct 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.