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Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 29, 2022, 3:17 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2022, 3:17 AM EST (08:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2022, 6:53 PM EST
- In force
- 16 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 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
262 WHUS42 KMFL 290817 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 317 AM EST Tue Nov 29 2022 FLZ168-291630- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0041.221129T0817Z-221130T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 317 AM EST Tue Nov 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
615 WHUS42 KMFL 291553 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1053 AM EST Tue Nov 29 2022 FLZ168-300000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-221130T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 1053 AM EST Tue Nov 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
613 WHUS42 KMFL 292353 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 653 PM EST Tue Nov 29 2022 FLZ168-010100- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-221130T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0042.221130T0000Z-221201T0100Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 653 PM EST Tue Nov 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-010100- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0042.221130T0000Z-221201T0100Z/ Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 653 PM EST Tue Nov 29 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:53 PM EST | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 25 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.