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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Miami, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 8:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Mar 30, 12:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 118 min |
| Mar 30, 1:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 3 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.