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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Miami, FL

March 1, 2020Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 1, 2020, 6:36 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 2, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2020, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
In force
36 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 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 11.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

038 
WHUS42 KMFL 012336
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
636 PM EST Sun Mar 1 2020

FLZ168-172-173-020745-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0018.200302T1200Z-200303T1200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
636 PM EST Sun Mar 1 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...From Monday morning through Tuesday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
872 
WHUS42 KMFL 020731
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
231 AM EST Mon Mar 2 2020



FLZ168-172-173-031200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.200302T1200Z-200303T1200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
231 AM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents possible.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties. 

* WHEN...From Monday morning through Tuesday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$


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891 
WHUS42 KMFL 021508
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1008 AM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

FLZ168-172-173-031200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-200303T1200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
1008 AM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Atlantic beaches of Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...Through at least Tuesday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$
957 
WHUS42 KMFL 022031
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
331 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

FLZ168-172-173-031000-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-200304T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
331 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday 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
010 
WHUS42 KMFL 030026
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
726 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

FLZ168-172-173-030830-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-200304T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
726 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday 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
799 
WHUS42 KMFL 031414
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
914 AM EST Tue Mar 3 2020

FLZ168-172-173-040000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-200304T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
914 AM EST Tue Mar 3 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Atlantic beaches of Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade
  Counties.

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.