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Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Miami, FL

December 20, 20214 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 20, 2021, 7:22 PM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 21, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2021, 7:22 PM EST (00:22 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 21, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 22, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2021-12-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 578 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

806 
WHUS42 KMFL 210022
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
722 PM EST Mon Dec 20 2021

FLZ069-168-172-173-220030-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0041.211221T1200Z-211223T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-
Dade-
722 PM EST Mon Dec 20 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST Tuesday 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.

&&

$$

Hadi
3 follow-up statements
644 
WHUS42 KMFL 211140
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
640 AM EST Tue Dec 21 2021

FLZ069-168-172-173-220430-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0041.211221T1200Z-211223T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-
Dade-
640 AM EST Tue Dec 21 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Collier 
  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.

&&

$$
654 
WHUS42 KMFL 221328
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
828 AM EST Wed Dec 22 2021

FLZ069-168-172-173-230000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-211223T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-
Dade-
828 AM EST Wed Dec 22 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EST 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.

&&

$$
790 
WHUS42 KMFL 221959
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
259 PM EST Wed Dec 22 2021

FLZ069-168-172-173-230000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-211223T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-
Dade-
259 PM EST Wed Dec 22 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EST 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 1:34 AM ESTGale WarningMFL20 hr
Dec 21, 1:34 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL8 hr
Dec 21, 1:34 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL44 hr
Dec 21, 3:28 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
Dec 21, 3:34 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach14 hr
Dec 21, 4:06 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL39 min
Dec 21, 4:38 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Dec 21, 5:18 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL57 min
Dec 21, 5:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier49 min
Dec 21, 7:45 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL30 min
Dec 21, 7:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach33 min
Dec 21, 8:06 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL39 min
Dec 21, 8:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier48 min
Dec 21, 8:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward46 min
Dec 21, 9:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade45 min
Dec 21, 10:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade50 min
Dec 21, 10:28 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL92 min
Dec 21, 11:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade22 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.