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Rip Current Statement 44, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 16, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 07:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
379 WHUS42 KMFL 160745 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 345 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020 FLZ168-161545- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0044.200916T0745Z-200918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 345 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
703 WHUS42 KMFL 161904 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 304 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020 FLZ168-170315- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0006.200916T1904Z-200919T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-200918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 304 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Thursday evening. For the Coastal Flood Statement, through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ172-173-170315- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0006.200916T1904Z-200919T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 304 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ FLZ069-170315- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0006.200916T1904Z-200919T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 304 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ SPM
518 WHUS42 KMFL 170723 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 323 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 FLZ168-190000- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-200918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 323 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the isolated minor coastal flooding, through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-190000- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 323 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ FLZ069-190000- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 323 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
500 WHUS42 KMFL 170855 CCA CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message...CORRECTED National Weather Service Miami FL 455 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 FLZ168-190000- /O.COR.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ /O.COR.KMFL.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-200918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 455 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the isolated minor coastal flooding, through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ172-173-190000- /O.COR.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 455 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ FLZ069-190000- /O.COR.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 455 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
521 WHUS42 KMFL 171317 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 917 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 FLZ168-181015- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-200918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 917 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the coastal flood statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the coastal flood statement, through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-181015- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 917 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ FLZ069-181015- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 917 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
183 WHUS42 KMFL 171939 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 339 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 FLZ168-180345- /O.EXT.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200921T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-200918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 339 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the coastal flood statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the coastal flood statement, through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ172-173-180345- /O.EXT.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200921T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 339 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ FLZ069-180345- /O.EXT.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200921T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 339 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 3:04 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 4 days |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020
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.