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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 27, 2021, 1:48 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 65 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2021, 1:48 AM EST (06:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 65 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 06:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
554 WHUS42 KMFL 270648 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 148 AM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 FLZ168-172-173-280000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0009.210227T0648Z-210302T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 148 AM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$ Frye
7 follow-up statements
958 WHUS42 KMFL 271357 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 857 AM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 FLZ168-172-173-272200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210302T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 857 AM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
809 WHUS42 KMFL 272026 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 326 PM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 FLZ168-172-173-280430- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210302T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 326 PM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
983 WHUS42 KMFL 280247 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 947 PM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 FLZ168-172-173-281800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210302T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 947 PM EST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Frye
869 WHUS42 KMFL 281348 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 848 AM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 FLZ168-172-173-282200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210302T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 848 AM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
014 WHUS42 KMFL 282027 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 327 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 FLZ168-172-173-010430- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210302T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 327 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
730 WHUS42 KMFL 010724 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 224 AM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 FLZ168-172-173-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210302T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 224 AM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
884 WHUS42 KMFL 012041 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 341 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 FLZ168-172-173-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210302T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 341 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:25 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 26 hr |
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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.