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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 27, 2021, 8:37 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 59 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2021, 8:37 AM EDT (12:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 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 12:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
046 WHUS42 KMFL 271237 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 837 AM EDT Tue Apr 27 2021 FLZ168-172-173-280000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0018.210427T1237Z-210428T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 837 AM EDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Atlantic beaches of Palm Beach, Broward 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
818 WHUS42 KMFL 271921 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 321 PM EDT Tue Apr 27 2021 FLZ168-172-173-280330- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210429T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 321 PM EDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
121 WHUS42 KMFL 280735 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 335 AM EDT Wed Apr 28 2021 FLZ168-172-173-281545- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210430T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 335 AM EDT Wed Apr 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * 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. && $$
188 WHUS42 KMFL 281408 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1008 AM EDT Wed Apr 28 2021 FLZ168-172-173-290000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210430T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1008 AM EDT Wed Apr 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Fell
610 WHUS42 KMFL 290044 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 844 PM EDT Wed Apr 28 2021 FLZ168-172-173-290845- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210430T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 844 PM EDT Wed Apr 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * 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. && $$
483 WHUS42 KMFL 291330 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 930 AM EDT Thu Apr 29 2021 FLZ168-172-173-300000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210430T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 930 AM EDT Thu Apr 29 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.