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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Miami, FL

August 24, 2021Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 24, 2021, 2:06 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 25, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2021, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 25, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
36 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 18:04 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2643 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 2021-08-24The 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
2643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

973 
WHUS42 KMFL 241806
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
206 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

FLZ168-172-173-251200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0030.210825T1200Z-210827T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
206 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Thursday 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
137 
WHUS42 KMFL 250753
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
353 AM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021

FLZ168-172-173-270000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0030.210825T1200Z-210827T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
353 AM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
577 
WHUS42 KMFL 252045
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
445 PM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021

FLZ168-172-173-261215-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-210827T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
445 PM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...Through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
482 
WHUS42 KMFL 261118
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
718 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

FLZ168-172-173-270000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-210827T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
718 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 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.

&&

$$
666 
WHUS42 KMFL 270001
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
801 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

FLZ168-172-173-270115-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-210827T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
801 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

The easterly winds have decrease a little bit this evening and
should remain at 10 to 15 knots tonight. Therefore, the High Risk
of Rip Currents has been allowed to expired.

$$

Baxter

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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.