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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL

January 12, 2020Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 12, 2020, 7:46 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2020, 7:46 PM EST (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
In force
47 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 00:49 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, 0.8 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 2020-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 775 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

403 
WHUS42 KMFL 130046
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
746 PM EST Sun Jan 12 2020

FLZ168-172-173-131200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0003.200113T0046Z-200114T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
746 PM EST Sun Jan 12 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Monday 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.

&&

$$

Baxter
5 follow-up statements
526 
WHUS42 KMFL 130810
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
310 AM EST Mon Jan 13 2020

FLZ168-172-173-131615-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200114T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
310 AM EST Mon Jan 13 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through 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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018 
WHUS42 KMFL 131409
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
909 AM EST Mon Jan 13 2020

FLZ168-172-173-140000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200114T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
909 AM EST Mon Jan 13 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal 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.

&&

$$

FELL
736 
WHUS42 KMFL 132336
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
636 PM EST Mon Jan 13 2020

FLZ168-172-173-150000-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200115T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
636 PM EST Mon Jan 13 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.

&&

$$

Baxter
586 
WHUS42 KMFL 140905
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
405 AM EST Tue Jan 14 2020

FLZ168-172-173-150000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200115T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
405 AM EST Tue Jan 14 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$
320 
WHUS42 KMFL 141404
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
904 AM EST Tue Jan 14 2020

FLZ168-172-173-150000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200115T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
904 AM EST Tue Jan 14 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal 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.

&&

$$

FELL

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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.