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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 12, 2021, 2:37 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 12, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2021, 2:37 AM EDT (06:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 06:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 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
- 1768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
261 WHUS42 KMFL 120637 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 237 AM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021 FLZ168-130000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0032.210912T1200Z-210913T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 237 AM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$ Baxter
2 follow-up statements
796 WHUS42 KMFL 121627 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1227 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021 FLZ172-173-130000- /O.EXA.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-210913T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1227 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Atlantic beaches of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-130000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-210913T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 1227 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Atlantic beaches of Palm Beach County. * 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. && $$
673 WHUS42 KMFL 121847 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 247 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021 FLZ168-130000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-210913T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 247 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ172-173-130000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-210913T0000Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 247 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 9:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Sep 12, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 41 min | |
| Sep 12, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 50 min |
| Sep 12, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 34 min | |
| Sep 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 min | |
| Sep 12, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 hr |
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.