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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 23, 2022, 7:27 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 24, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2022, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- 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 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
015 WHUS42 KMFL 232327 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 727 PM EDT Fri Sep 23 2022 FLZ168-240730- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0031.220924T1200Z-220925T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 727 PM EDT Fri Sep 23 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
482 WHUS42 KMFL 240153 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 953 PM EDT Fri Sep 23 2022 FLZ168-241000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.220924T1200Z-220925T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 953 PM EDT Fri Sep 23 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
129 WHUS42 KMFL 240911 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 511 AM EDT Sat Sep 24 2022 FLZ168-250000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.220924T1200Z-220925T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 511 AM EDT Sat Sep 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 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. && $$
034 WHUS42 KMFL 241826 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 226 PM EDT Sat Sep 24 2022 FLZ168-251000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-220926T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 226 PM EDT Sat Sep 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
600 WHUS42 KMFL 242317 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 717 PM EDT Sat Sep 24 2022 FLZ168-250730- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0005.220924T2317Z-220925T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-220926T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 717 PM EDT Sat Sep 24 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding around this evenings high tide cycle. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Statement, until 10 PM EDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-250200- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0005.220924T2317Z-220925T0200Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 717 PM EDT Sat Sep 24 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding around this evenings high tide cycle. * WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
369 WHUS42 KMFL 250734 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 334 AM EDT Sun Sep 25 2022 FLZ168-251545- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-220926T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 334 AM EDT Sun Sep 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$
075 WHUS42 KMFL 251114 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 714 AM EDT Sun Sep 25 2022 FLZ168-260000- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0006.220925T1114Z-220926T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-220926T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 714 AM EDT Sun Sep 25 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Statement, through late tonight. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property during high tide. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ172-173-260000- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0006.220925T1114Z-220926T0600Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 714 AM EDT Sun Sep 25 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property during high tide. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 31 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.