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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 16, 2020, 3:41 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2020, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 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 19:45 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 12:00Z, 7.7 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
- 399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
778 WHUS42 KMFL 161941 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 341 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 FLZ168-172-173-170345- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0028.200416T1941Z-200418T0200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 341 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
964 WHUS42 KMFL 170142 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 942 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 FLZ168-172-173-170945- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-200418T0200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 942 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
369 WHUS42 KMFL 170713 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 313 AM EDT Fri Apr 17 2020 FLZ168-172-173-180000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-200418T0200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 313 AM EDT Fri Apr 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$ Frye
261 WHUS42 KMFL 171423 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1023 AM EDT Fri Apr 17 2020 FLZ168-172-173-172230- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-200418T0200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1023 AM EDT Fri Apr 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
630 WHUS42 KMFL 180201 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1001 PM EDT Fri Apr 17 2020 FLZ168-172-173-180315- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-200418T0200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1001 PM EDT Fri Apr 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The rip current risk will continue to decrease overnight and during the day on Saturday. Although the statement will expire, there still will remain a moderate risk of rip currents, especially along the Palm Beach County beaches. $$ Frye
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Apr 16, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 42 min | |
| Apr 16, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Apr 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 44 min | |
| Apr 16, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 87 min | |
| Apr 16, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Apr 16, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 97 min | |
| Apr 16, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 97 min |
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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.