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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Miami, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
872 WHUS42 KMFL 020731 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 231 AM EST Mon Mar 2 2020 FLZ168-172-173-031200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.200302T1200Z-200303T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 231 AM EST Mon Mar 2 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents possible. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...From Monday morning through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
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.