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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 11, 2021, 3:25 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 12, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2021, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 12, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 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 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
698 WHUS42 KMFL 111925 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 325 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021 FLZ168-172-173-130000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0028.210712T1100Z-210714T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 325 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...From Monday morning 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
343 WHUS42 KMFL 120554 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 154 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021 FLZ168-172-173-140000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.210712T1100Z-210714T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 154 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM EDT this morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Weinman/Rodriguez
389 WHUS42 KMFL 121454 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1054 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021 FLZ168-172-173-122300- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-210714T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1054 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 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. && $$ Fell
411 WHUS42 KMFL 130228 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1028 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021 FLZ168-172-173-140000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-210714T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1028 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
493 WHUS42 KMFL 130630 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 230 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021 FLZ168-172-173-150000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-210715T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 230 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach 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. && $$
046 WHUS42 KMFL 131339 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 939 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021 FLZ168-172-173-150000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-210715T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 939 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
170 WHUS42 KMFL 140400 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1200 AM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021 FLZ168-172-173-150000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-210715T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1200 AM EDT Wed Jul 14 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Jul 11, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 38 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.