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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 12, 2023, 2:11 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at May 12, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 66 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2023, 2:11 AM EDT (06:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2023, 1:34 AM EDT
- In force
- 66 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 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
853 WHUS42 KMFL 120611 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 211 AM EDT Fri May 12 2023 FLZ168-172-173-122000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0022.230512T1200Z-230514T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 211 AM EDT Fri May 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
893 WHUS42 KMFL 121925 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 325 PM EDT Fri May 12 2023 FLZ168-172-173-131200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 325 PM EDT Fri May 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Baxter
889 WHUS42 KMFL 130608 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 208 AM EDT Sat May 13 2023 FLZ168-172-173-132000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 208 AM EDT Sat May 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
536 WHUS42 KMFL 132034 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 434 PM EDT Sat May 13 2023 FLZ168-172-173-141200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 434 PM EDT Sat May 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Baxter
299 WHUS42 KMFL 140606 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 206 AM EDT Sun May 14 2023 FLZ168-172-173-142000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 206 AM EDT Sun May 14 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
414 WHUS42 KMFL 142003 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 403 PM EDT Sun May 14 2023 FLZ168-150815- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 403 PM EDT Sun May 14 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County County. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ172-173-150000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 403 PM EDT Sun May 14 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$
042 WHUS42 KMFL 150534 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 134 AM EDT Mon May 15 2023 FLZ168-150645- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-230515T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 134 AM EDT Mon May 15 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.