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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Miami, FL

April 23, 2021Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 23, 2021, 3:17 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2021, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
41 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 07:20 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, 7.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 486 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

742 
WHUS42 KMFL 230717
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
317 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

FLZ168-172-173-240000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0017.210423T0717Z-210425T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
317 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
957 
WHUS42 KMFL 231527
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1127 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

FLZ168-172-173-240300-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210425T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
1127 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
099 
WHUS42 KMFL 240706
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
306 AM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

FLZ168-172-173-250000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210425T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
306 AM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
347 
WHUS42 KMFL 241345
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
945 AM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

FLZ168-172-173-250000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210425T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
945 AM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Atlantic beaches of Broward, Palm Beach, and 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.

&&

$$
253 
WHUS42 KMFL 241953
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
353 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

FLZ168-172-173-250000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210425T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
353 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 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.

&&

$$

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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.