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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Miami, FL

April 29, 2020Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 29, 2020, 3:25 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2020, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
41 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2020-04-29Temperature 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 2020-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

825 
WHUS42 KMFL 290725
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
325 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020

FLZ168-300000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0032.200429T0725Z-200430T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
325 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$

Weinman
5 follow-up statements
164 
WHUS42 KMFL 291944
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
344 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020

FLZ168-300345-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-200501T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
344 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
188 
WHUS42 KMFL 300129
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
929 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020

FLZ168-300930-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-200501T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
929 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
355 
WHUS42 KMFL 300819
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
419 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020

FLZ168-010000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-200501T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
419 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$

FELL
300 
WHUS42 KMFL 301437
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1037 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020

FLZ168-010000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-200501T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
1037 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$
208 
WHUS42 KMFL 301936
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
336 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020

FLZ168-010000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-200501T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
336 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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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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.