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Rip Current Statement 55, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 12, 2020, 3:18 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2020, 3:18 AM EST (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
353 WHUS42 KMFL 120818 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 318 AM EST Sat Dec 12 2020 FLZ168-172-173-121630- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0055.201212T0818Z-201213T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 318 AM EST Sat Dec 12 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
424 WHUS42 KMFL 121723 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1223 PM EST Sat Dec 12 2020 FLZ168-172-173-130000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0055.000000T0000Z-201213T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1223 PM EST Sat Dec 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
660 WHUS42 KMFL 122032 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 332 PM EST Sat Dec 12 2020 FLZ168-172-173-130000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0055.000000T0000Z-201213T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 332 PM EST Sat Dec 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 11:05 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
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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.