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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 8, 2021, 11:01 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2021, 11:01 AM EDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 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 15:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 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
- 1682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
672 WHUS42 KMFL 081501 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1101 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021 FLZ168-172-173-082315- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0020.210508T1501Z-210509T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1101 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
844 WHUS42 KMFL 082101 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 501 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021 FLZ168-172-173-100000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-210510T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 501 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
129 WHUS42 KMFL 090538 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 138 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021 FLZ168-172-173-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-210510T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 138 AM EDT Sun May 9 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 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. && $$
951 WHUS42 KMFL 091146 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 746 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021 FLZ168-172-173-092000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-210510T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 746 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
186 WHUS42 KMFL 091859 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 259 PM EDT Sun May 9 2021 FLZ168-172-173-100000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-210510T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 259 PM EDT Sun May 9 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...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. && $$
790 WHUS42 KMFL 100007 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 807 PM EDT Sun May 9 2021 FLZ168-172-173-100115- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-210510T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 807 PM EDT Sun May 9 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... A moderate risk of rip currents remains in effect for the east coast beaches of South Florida. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| May 7, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 52 min | |
| May 7, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| May 8, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 28 min |
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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.