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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Miami, FL
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 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.
- 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
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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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.