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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 3, 2021, 10:45 AM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2021, 10:45 AM EDT (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
457 WHUS42 KMFL 031445 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1045 AM EDT Mon May 3 2021 FLZ173-040000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0019.210503T1445Z-210504T0000Z/ Coastal Miami-Dade- 1045 AM EDT Mon May 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Miami-Dade County. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
666 WHUS42 KMFL 032117 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 517 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021 FLZ173-040530- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210504T1200Z/ Coastal Miami-Dade- 517 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Miami-Dade County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 49 min |
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.