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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Miami, FL

February 11, 2021Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 11, 2021, 3:36 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 11, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2021, 3:36 AM EST (08:36 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 12, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
In force
36 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 08:38 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, 8.6 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 2021-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 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 2021-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

363 
WHUS42 KMFL 110836
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
336 AM EST Thu Feb 11 2021

FLZ168-111645-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0006.210211T1200Z-210212T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
336 AM EST Thu Feb 11 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
432 
WHUS42 KMFL 112059
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
359 PM EST Thu Feb 11 2021

FLZ168-121200-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210213T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
359 PM EST Thu Feb 11 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through Friday 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.

&&

$$
613 
WHUS42 KMFL 120832
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
332 AM EST Fri Feb 12 2021

FLZ168-130000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210213T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
332 AM EST Fri Feb 12 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through Friday 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.

&&

$$
030 
WHUS42 KMFL 121426
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
926 AM EST Fri Feb 12 2021

FLZ168-130000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210213T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
926 AM EST Fri Feb 12 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.