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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Miami, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 min | |
| Apr 26, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 9:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 114 min |
| Apr 26, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Apr 26, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Apr 26, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| Apr 26, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| Apr 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 24 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.