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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 20, 2023, 3:13 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2023, 3:13 AM EDT (07:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2023, 5:43 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 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 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 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
- 893 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
041 WHUS42 KMFL 200713 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 313 AM EDT Sat May 20 2023 FLZ168-210800- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0023.230520T0713Z-230522T0800Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 313 AM EDT Sat May 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County County. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
676 WHUS42 KMFL 202320 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 720 PM EDT Sat May 20 2023 FLZ168-211500- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230522T0800Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 720 PM EDT Sat May 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County County. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
525 WHUS42 KMFL 210730 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 330 AM EDT Sun May 21 2023 FLZ168-220730- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230523T0900Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 330 AM EDT Sun May 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County County. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * 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. && $$
522 WHUS42 KMFL 220633 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 233 AM EDT Mon May 22 2023 FLZ168-221900- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230523T0900Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 233 AM EDT Mon May 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County County. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
255 WHUS42 KMFL 220943 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 543 AM EDT Mon May 22 2023 FLZ168-221045- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230523T0900Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 543 AM EDT Mon May 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 36 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.