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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Miami, FL

April 23, 2020Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 23, 2020, 2:34 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2020, 2:34 AM EDT (06:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2020, 7:07 PM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 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 2020-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

818 
WHUS42 KMFL 230634
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
234 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020

FLZ168-172-173-231445-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0030.200423T0634Z-200424T0200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
234 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
791 
WHUS42 KMFL 231343
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
943 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020

FLZ168-172-173-240200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-200424T0200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
943 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 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 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.

&&

$$

Baxter
577 
WHUS42 KMFL 232307
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
707 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020


FLZ168-172-173-240015-
/O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-200424T0200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
707 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Miami has cancelled the High Rip
Current Risk. 

A moderate risk of rip currents remains for the Atlantic beaches
this evening.

$$


http://www.weather.gov/miami

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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.