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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Miami, FL

June 25, 2021Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 25, 2021, 9:26 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 25, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2021, 9:26 AM EDT (13:26 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 25, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 27, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
58 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 13:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1712 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1712 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

837 
WHUS42 KMFL 251326
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
926 AM EDT Fri Jun 25 2021

FLZ168-172-173-260830-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0025.210625T1400Z-210628T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
926 AM EDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
846 
WHUS42 KMFL 260548
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
148 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

FLZ168-172-173-280000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210628T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
148 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Atlantic beaches of Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...Through at least 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.

&&

$$
114 
WHUS42 KMFL 261341
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
941 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

FLZ168-172-173-271230-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210628T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
941 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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.

&&

$$
504 
WHUS42 KMFL 261915
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
315 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

FLZ168-172-173-271200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210628T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
315 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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.

&&

$$

Frye
819 
WHUS42 KMFL 270707
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
307 AM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021

FLZ168-172-173-280000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210628T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
307 AM EDT Sun Jun 27 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 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.

&&

$$
968 
WHUS42 KMFL 271940
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
340 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021

FLZ168-172-173-280000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210628T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
340 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 10:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL33 min
Jun 25, 10:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade27 min
Jun 25, 11:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade48 min
Jun 25, 11:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL56 min
Jun 25, 11:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe54 min
Jun 25, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry52 min
Jun 25, 11:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL41 min
Jun 25, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL68 min
Jun 25, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 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.