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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 24, 2023, 2:19 PM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 25, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2023, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 866 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
918 WHUS42 KMFL 241819 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 219 PM EDT Thu Aug 24 2023 FLZ168-172-251000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0028.230825T1200Z-230826T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- 219 PM EDT Thu Aug 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...From Friday morning 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
533 WHUS42 KMFL 250836 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 436 AM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 FLZ168-172-251645- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.230825T1200Z-230826T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- 436 AM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...From this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
139 WHUS42 KMFL 251622 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1222 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 FLZ168-172-260000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-230826T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- 1222 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...From this morning through 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. && $$
918 WHUS42 KMFL 252352 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 752 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 FLZ168-172-260100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-230826T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- 752 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A moderate risk of rip currents continues overnight for Palm Beach County. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| Aug 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 30 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.