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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2021, 9:32 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2021, 9:32 AM EDT (13:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
061 WHUS42 KMFL 251332 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 932 AM EDT Tue May 25 2021 FLZ172-173-261200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0022.210525T1332Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 932 AM EDT Tue May 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward 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. && $$ FLZ168-261200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 932 AM EDT Tue May 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Baxter
4 follow-up statements
200 WHUS42 KMFL 260014 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 814 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021 FLZ172-173-261215- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 814 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward 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. && $$ FLZ168-261215- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 814 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Hadi
079 WHUS42 KMFL 260746 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 346 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021 FLZ172-173-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 346 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward 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. && $$ FLZ168-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 346 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
828 WHUS42 KMFL 261316 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 916 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021 FLZ172-173-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 916 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward 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. && $$ FLZ168-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 916 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Baxter
804 WHUS42 KMFL 261959 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 359 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021 FLZ172-173-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 359 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward 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. && $$ FLZ168-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 359 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.