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Rip Current Statement 53, NWS Miami, FL

December 10, 2019Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 10, 2019, 3:29 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2019, 3:29 AM EST (08:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2019, 8:16 PM EST
In force
17 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 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2019-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2019-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

104 
WHUS42 KMFL 100829
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
329 AM EST Tue Dec 10 2019

FLZ168-110200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0053.191210T0829Z-191211T0200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
329 AM EST Tue Dec 10 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
265 
WHUS42 KMFL 110116
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
816 PM EST Tue Dec 10 2019

FLZ168-110230-
/O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-191211T0200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
816 PM EST Tue Dec 10 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Miami has cancelled the High Rip
Current Risk. 

* WHAT...Dangerous Rip Currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Beach County.

* WHEN...Cancelled.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
None.

&&

$$

Baxter
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.