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Rip Current Statement 43, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 29, 2019, 9:32 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2019, 9:32 AM EDT (13:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 13:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 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
- 2641 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
148 WHUS42 KMFL 291332 AAA CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Miami FL 932 AM EDT Tue Oct 29 2019 FLZ168-292145- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0043.191029T1332Z-191030T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0010.000000T0000Z-191030T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 932 AM EDT Tue Oct 29 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...Sensitive and low-lying locations along the Atlantic coast will experience minor flooding, particularly along the Intracoastal Waterway. * TIMING...Minor coastal flooding around the times of high tide between 9 AM and 11 AM this morning. There is also a High Rip Current risk for Palm Beach County beaches through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to all swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards. Swimming is not recommended. Minor coastal flooding is expected, impacting sensitive and low-lying coastal locations. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Coastal Flood Statement indicates that onshore winds and tides will combine to generate flooding of low areas along the shore. 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-292145- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0010.000000T0000Z-191030T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 932 AM EDT Tue Oct 29 2019 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...Sensitive and low-lying locations along the Atlantic coast will experience minor flooding, particularly along the Intracoastal Waterway. * TIMING...Minor coastal flooding around the times of high tide between between 9 AM and 11 AM this morning. * IMPACTS...Minor coastal flooding is expected, impacting sensitive and low-lying coastal locations. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Coastal Flood Statement indicates that onshore winds and tides will combine to generate flooding of low areas along the shore. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami FELL
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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.