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Rip Current Statement 56, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 23, 2020, 2:34 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 23, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2020, 2:34 AM EST (07:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2020, 2:37 AM EST
- In force
- 20 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 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, 7.6 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
631 WHUS42 KMFL 230734 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 234 AM EST Wed Dec 23 2020 FLZ168-240000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0056.201223T1200Z-201224T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 234 AM EST Wed Dec 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 7 AM EST this morning through this evening. * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * 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... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
3 follow-up statements
136 WHUS42 KMFL 231952 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 252 PM EST Wed Dec 23 2020 FLZ168-250000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0056.000000T0000Z-201225T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 252 PM EST Wed Dec 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
818 WHUS42 KMFL 232349 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 649 PM EST Wed Dec 23 2020 FLZ168-241200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0056.000000T0000Z-201225T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 649 PM EST Wed Dec 23 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
627 WHUS42 KMFL 240737 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 237 AM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 FLZ168-240845- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0056.000000T0000Z-201225T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 237 AM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The small northeast swell in the Atlantic waters of Palm Beach County has dissipated, as the winds have become more south to southeast direction. This has allow for the threat of rip currents to subside some for today. Therefore, the High Risk of Rip Currents has been cancelled for the beaches of Palm Beach County for today. $$ Baxter
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:50 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 56 hr |
Nearby
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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.