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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 31, 2021, 2:25 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2021, 2:25 AM EDT (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 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 06:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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
- 414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
950 WHUS42 KMFL 310625 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 225 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 FLZ168-172-173-010000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0012.210331T0625Z-210401T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 225 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 ...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. && $$ Fell
2 follow-up statements
741 WHUS42 KMFL 311403 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1003 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 FLZ168-172-173-312215- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210401T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1003 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
494 WHUS42 KMFL 312348 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 748 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 FLZ168-172-173-010100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210401T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 748 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... Swimmers should continue to heed all lifeguard instructions along the Atlantic beaches of South Florida as a moderate risk of rip currents remains tonight. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 4 days |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021
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.