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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL
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 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.
- 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
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. && $$ Baxter
5 follow-up statements
526 WHUS42 KMFL 130810 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 310 AM EST Mon Jan 13 2020 FLZ168-172-173-131615- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200114T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 310 AM EST Mon Jan 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
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.