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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 25, 2020, 9:32 PM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2020, 9:32 PM EST (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 21 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 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
128 WHUS42 KMFL 260232 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 932 PM EST Tue Feb 25 2020 FLZ168-270000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0016.200226T0232Z-200227T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 932 PM EST Tue Feb 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$ Cohen
4 follow-up statements
917 WHUS42 KMFL 260918 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 418 AM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 FLZ168-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200227T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 418 AM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Cohen
107 WHUS42 KMFL 261354 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 854 AM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 FLZ168-262200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200227T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 854 AM EST Wed Feb 26 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. && $$ FELL
000 WHUS42 KMFL 261743 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1243 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 FLZ168-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200227T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 1243 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FELL
532 WHUS42 KMFL 261927 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 227 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 FLZ168-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200227T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 227 PM EST Wed Feb 26 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 26, 12:42 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 36 hr | |
| Feb 26, 2:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 58 min |
| Feb 26, 2:49 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 56 min | |
| Feb 26, 2:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 53 min |
| Feb 26, 3:08 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 21 min |
| Feb 26, 3:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 66 min | |
| Feb 26, 3:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 4:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 67 min | |
| Feb 26, 5:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 49 min | |
| Feb 26, 6:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 41 min |
| Feb 26, 6:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 96 min | |
| Feb 26, 6:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min |
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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.