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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 2, 2023, 3:21 PM EST for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 3, 2023, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2023, 3:21 PM EST (20:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
977 WHUS42 KMFL 022021 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 321 PM EST Thu Mar 2 2023 FLZ172-031000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0011.230303T1200Z-230304T1200Z/ Coastal Broward- 321 PM EST Thu Mar 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$ FLZ168-031000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0011.230303T1200Z-230305T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 321 PM EST Thu Mar 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
6 follow-up statements
471 WHUS42 KMFL 030859 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 359 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 FLZ172-031700- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.230303T1200Z-230304T1200Z/ Coastal Broward- 359 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$ FLZ168-031700- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.230303T1200Z-230305T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 359 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
093 WHUS42 KMFL 031618 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1118 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 FLZ172-041200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230304T1200Z/ Coastal Broward- 1118 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$ FLZ168-041230- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230305T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 1118 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
290 WHUS42 KMFL 041133 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 633 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023 FLZ172-041245- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230304T1200Z/ Coastal Broward- 633 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ168-050400- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230305T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 633 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
946 WHUS42 KMFL 041947 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 247 PM EST Sat Mar 4 2023 FLZ168-051000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230305T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 247 PM EST Sat Mar 4 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday morning. * 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. && $$
445 WHUS42 KMFL 050950 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 450 AM EST Sun Mar 5 2023 FLZ168-051200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230305T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 450 AM EST Sun Mar 5 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Until 7 AM EST this morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
180 WHUS42 KMFL 051201 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 701 AM EST Sun Mar 5 2023 FLZ168-051315- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-230305T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 701 AM EST Sun Mar 5 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:20 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 31 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.