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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Miami, FL

March 30, 2023Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 30, 2023, 2:59 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 30, 2023, 3:11 PM EDT. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2023, 2:59 AM EDT (06:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 30, 2023, 3:11 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
53 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 06:59 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 00:00Z, 7.0 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 00:00Z on 2023-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1124 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 00:00Z on 2023-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

331 
WHUS42 KMFL 300659
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
259 AM EDT Thu Mar 30 2023

FLZ168-172-173-310000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0015.230331T0000Z-230402T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
259 AM EDT Thu Mar 30 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...From this evening 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
587 
WHUS42 KMFL 301911
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
311 PM EDT Thu Mar 30 2023

FLZ168-172-173-311000-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0015.230330T1911Z-230402T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
311 PM EDT Thu Mar 30 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
259 
WHUS42 KMFL 310719
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
319 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023

FLZ168-172-173-010730-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-230402T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
319 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
410 
WHUS42 KMFL 010620
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
220 AM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023

FLZ168-172-173-020000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-230402T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
220 AM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...Through at least 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.

&&

$$
931 
WHUS42 KMFL 020002
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
802 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023

FLZ168-172-173-020115-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-230402T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
802 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

The risk of rip currents has decreased, allowing the high risk 
warning to expire.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 8:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Mar 29, 8:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Mar 30, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL32 min
Mar 30, 12:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade4 hr
Mar 30, 12:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade118 min
Mar 30, 1:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 hr
Mar 30, 2:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade3 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.