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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 27, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 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 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 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
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
960 WHUS42 KMFL 271915 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 315 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021 FLZ168-172-173-280315- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0031.210827T1915Z-210829T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 315 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
594 WHUS42 KMFL 280731 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 331 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021 FLZ168-172-173-281545- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210829T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 331 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
612 WHUS42 KMFL 281258 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 858 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021 FLZ168-172-173-290000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210829T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 858 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 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...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$
140 WHUS42 KMFL 281846 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 246 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021 FLZ168-172-173-290600- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210829T0600Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 246 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 5:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 34 min | |
| Aug 27, 6:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 9:19 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 41 hr | |
| Aug 27, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 44 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021
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.