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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Miami, FL
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 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.
- 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
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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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.