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Rip Current Statement 45, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 18, 2020, 3:28 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2020, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 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 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 1147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
165 WHUS42 KMFL 180728 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 328 AM EDT Fri Sep 18 2020 FLZ168-190100- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0045.200918T0728Z-200919T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200921T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 328 AM EDT Fri Sep 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-190100- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200921T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 328 AM EDT Fri Sep 18 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ FLZ069-190100- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200921T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 328 AM EDT Fri Sep 18 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
268 WHUS42 KMFL 181918 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 318 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2020 FLZ168-190330- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200921T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-200919T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 318 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Statement, through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ172-173-190330- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200921T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 318 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 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. && $$ FLZ069-190330- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200921T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 318 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ Frye
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.