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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Miami, FL

November 14, 2022Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 14, 2022, 4:46 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2022, 4:46 AM EST (09:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2022, 9:49 AM EST
In force
5 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 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 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 2022-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

056 
WHUS42 KMFL 140946
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
446 AM EST Mon Nov 14 2022

FLZ168-142100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0038.221114T0946Z-221116T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
446 AM EST Mon Nov 14 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
183 
WHUS42 KMFL 141449
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
949 AM EST Mon Nov 14 2022

FLZ168-141600-
/O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-221116T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
949 AM EST Mon Nov 14 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

Webcam observations and model guidance support dropping the high
risk of rip currents for Palm Beach County beaches. A moderate
risk of rip currents will remain. Remember to 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.