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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 25, 2020, 9:28 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2020, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2020, 4:21 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 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, 1.5 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
- 1065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
219 WHUS42 KMFL 260128 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 928 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020 FLZ168-172-173-260930- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0042.200826T0128Z-200826T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 928 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Wednesday. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
942 WHUS42 KMFL 260741 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 341 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2020 FLZ168-172-173-271200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-200827T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 341 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
521 WHUS42 KMFL 270821 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 421 AM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020 FLZ168-172-173-270930- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-200827T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 421 AM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... While the rip current risk has decreased, rip currents remain possible. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 43 min | |
| Aug 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 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.