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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Miami, FL

March 28, 2020Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 28, 2020, 2:51 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2020, 2:51 AM EDT (06:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
41 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 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 6.9 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 00:00Z on 2020-03-28Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2020-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

961 
WHUS42 KMFL 280651
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
251 AM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020

FLZ168-172-173-290000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0023.200328T0651Z-200329T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
251 AM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through at least 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.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
507 
WHUS42 KMFL 281306
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
906 AM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020

FLZ168-172-173-282115-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200329T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
906 AM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through at least 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.

&&

$$
027 
WHUS42 KMFL 281936
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
336 PM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020

FLZ168-172-173-290345-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200330T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
336 PM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Sunday 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.

&&

$$
156 
WHUS42 KMFL 290339
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1139 PM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020

FLZ168-172-173-300000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200330T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
1139 PM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through at least Sunday 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.

&&

$$

RAG
955 
WHUS42 KMFL 290631
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
231 AM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020

FLZ168-172-173-300000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200330T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
231 AM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through at least 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.

&&

$$

RAG
057 
WHUS42 KMFL 291322
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
922 AM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020

FLZ168-172-173-300000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200330T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
922 AM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through at least 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.

&&

$$
909 
WHUS42 KMFL 291959
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
359 PM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020

FLZ168-172-173-300000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200330T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
359 PM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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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Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020

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.