Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 1, 2019, 3:14 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2019, 3:14 AM EST (08:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2019, 4:06 PM EST
- In force
- 37 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 08:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
848 WHUS42 KMFL 010814 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 314 AM EST Fri Feb 1 2019 FLZ168-020000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0006.190201T0814Z-190202T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 314 AM EST Fri Feb 1 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this evening. * TIMING...through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents, along with rough surf, 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
3 follow-up statements
783 WHUS42 KMFL 012104 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 404 PM EST Fri Feb 1 2019 FLZ168-022100- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190202T2100Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 404 PM EST Fri Feb 1 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...through saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents will pose a hazard to swimmers. Heed the advice of lifeguards. Swimming is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
352 WHUS42 KMFL 020822 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 322 AM EST Sat Feb 2 2019 FLZ168-030000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190203T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 322 AM EST Sat Feb 2 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...through this 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
169 WHUS42 KMFL 022106 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 406 PM EST Sat Feb 2 2019 FLZ168-022215- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190203T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 406 PM EST Sat Feb 2 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Miami has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. A moderate rip current risk will continue for Palm Beach County through Sunday. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 7:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:01 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 44 min | |
| Feb 1, 6:16 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 29 min | |
| Feb 1, 6:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 29 min |
| Feb 1, 12:19 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 116 min |
| Feb 1, 2:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 67 min | |
| Feb 1, 3:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 56 min |
| Feb 1, 3:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 46 min |
| Feb 1, 3:54 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| Feb 1, 3:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 46 min |
| Feb 1, 4:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| Feb 1, 4:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 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.