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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 12, 2020, 3:00 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 12, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2020, 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2020, 7:57 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
559 WHUS42 KMFL 120700 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 300 AM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020 FLZ168-172-173-130000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0027.200412T1000Z-200413T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 300 AM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning through Monday 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. && $$ Baxter
4 follow-up statements
971 WHUS42 KMFL 121918 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 318 PM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020 FLZ168-172-173-130330- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-200413T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 318 PM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
010 WHUS42 KMFL 130134 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 934 PM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020 FLZ168-172-173-130945- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-200413T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 934 PM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday. * 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. && $$
497 WHUS42 KMFL 130704 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 304 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 FLZ168-172-173-131200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-200413T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 304 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Baxter
276 WHUS42 KMFL 131157 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 757 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 FLZ168-172-173-131300- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-200413T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 757 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Miami has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. There remains a moderate risk of rip currents for the Atlantic beaches. $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 115 min | |
| Apr 11, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Apr 11, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 52 min |
| Apr 12, 3:33 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 32 hr |
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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.