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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 15, 2020, 2:22 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 65 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2020, 2:22 AM EST (07:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 65 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 07:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
933 WHUS42 KMFL 150722 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 222 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2020 FLZ168-172-173-161300- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0013.200215T0722Z-200218T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 222 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward, and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$ Cohen
5 follow-up statements
450 WHUS42 KMFL 151518 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1018 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2020 FLZ168-172-173-152330- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200218T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1018 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
798 WHUS42 KMFL 160152 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 852 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2020 FLZ168-172-173-161200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200218T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 852 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$ Baxter
837 WHUS42 KMFL 161452 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 952 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2020 FLZ168-172-173-162300- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200218T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 952 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
144 WHUS42 KMFL 170818 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 318 AM EST Mon Feb 17 2020 FLZ168-172-173-180000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200218T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 318 AM EST Mon Feb 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * 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. && $$
596 WHUS42 KMFL 171331 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 831 AM EST Mon Feb 17 2020 FLZ172-173-171445- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200218T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 831 AM EST Mon Feb 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Miami has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. There remains a moderate risk of rip currents across the beaches of Broward and Miami Dade Counties. $$ FLZ168-172145- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200218T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 831 AM EST Mon Feb 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 7:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 37 min |
| Feb 14, 8:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 34 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.