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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 6, 2021, 2:08 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 6, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2021, 2:08 AM EDT (06:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 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 06:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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
- 967 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
000 WHUS42 KMFL 060608 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 208 AM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 FLZ168-172-173-061415- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0024.210606T1200Z-210608T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 208 AM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Monday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
564 WHUS42 KMFL 070708 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 308 AM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021 FLZ168-172-173-071515- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-210609T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 308 AM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
613 WHUS42 KMFL 071958 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 358 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021 FLZ168-172-173-080400- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-210609T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 358 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$
380 WHUS42 KMFL 080539 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 139 AM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021 FLZ168-172-173-090000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-210609T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 139 AM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Frye
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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.