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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Miami, FL

November 29, 2022Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 29, 2022, 6:53 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 29, 2022, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2022, 6:53 PM EST (23:53 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 30, 2022, 8:00 PM EST
In force
25 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 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 11.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 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 12:00Z on 2022-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
125 
WHUS42 KMFL 300743
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
243 AM EST Wed Nov 30 2022

FLZ168-172-173-301545-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-221201T0100Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
243 AM EST Wed Nov 30 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.

&&

$$
862 
WHUS42 KMFL 300852
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
352 AM EST Wed Nov 30 2022

FLZ172-173-301000-
/O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-221201T0100Z/
Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
352 AM EST Wed Nov 30 2022

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

Rip current risk is expected to decrease and become moderate
today. 

$$

FLZ168-301700-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-221201T0100Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
352 AM EST Wed Nov 30 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.

&&

$$
036 
WHUS42 KMFL 301655
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1155 AM EST Wed Nov 30 2022

FLZ168-010100-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-221201T0100Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
1155 AM EST Wed Nov 30 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST 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.

&&

$$
084 
WHUS42 KMFL 010105
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
805 PM EST Wed Nov 30 2022

FLZ168-011000-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-221201T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0043.221201T1200Z-221203T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
805 PM EST Wed Nov 30 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST Thursday 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.

&&

$$

FLZ172-173-011000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0043.221201T1200Z-221203T0000Z/
Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
805 PM EST Wed Nov 30 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami-Dade Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST Thursday 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 3:17 AM ESTRip Current StatementMFLPalm Beach16 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.