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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Miami, FL

April 27, 2023Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 27, 2023, 2:39 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2023, 2:39 AM EDT (06:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
41 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 06:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1922 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 2023-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

170 
WHUS42 KMFL 270639
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
239 AM EDT Thu Apr 27 2023

FLZ168-280000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0019.230427T0639Z-230428T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
239 AM EDT Thu Apr 27 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
337 
WHUS42 KMFL 272346
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
746 PM EDT Thu Apr 27 2023

FLZ168-280900-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-230429T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
746 PM EDT Thu Apr 27 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
388 
WHUS42 KMFL 280619
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
219 AM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023

FLZ168-290000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-230429T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
219 AM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach28 min
Apr 26, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach37 min
Apr 26, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Apr 26, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward37 min
Apr 26, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach27 min
Apr 26, 9:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade114 min
Apr 26, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach24 min
Apr 26, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Apr 26, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade31 min
Apr 26, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Apr 26, 10:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade32 min
Apr 26, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Apr 26, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Apr 27, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades15 min
Apr 27, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades24 min

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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.