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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Miami, FL

November 29, 2021Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 29, 2021, 3:15 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 29, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2021, 3:15 AM EST (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 1, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 00:00Z on 2021-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

318 
WHUS42 KMFL 290815
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
315 AM EST Mon Nov 29 2021

FLZ168-291615-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0039.211129T1200Z-211202T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
315 AM EST Mon Nov 29 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
751 
WHUS42 KMFL 291345
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
845 AM EST Mon Nov 29 2021

FLZ168-292145-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-211202T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
845 AM EST Mon Nov 29 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$

Fell
057 
WHUS42 KMFL 300227
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
927 PM EST Mon Nov 29 2021

FLZ168-010000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-211202T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
927 PM EST Mon Nov 29 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$
992 
WHUS42 KMFL 302332
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
632 PM EST Tue Nov 30 2021

FLZ168-010745-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-211202T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
632 PM EST Tue Nov 30 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$
741 
WHUS42 KMFL 010318
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1018 PM EST Tue Nov 30 2021

FLZ168-020000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-211202T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
1018 PM EST Tue Nov 30 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$
614 
WHUS42 KMFL 010802
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
302 AM EST Wed Dec 1 2021

FLZ168-020000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-211202T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
302 AM EST Wed Dec 1 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.