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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Miami, FL

August 26, 2023Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 26, 2023, 3:55 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2023, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
16 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 07:55 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, 7.9 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 2023-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1417 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 2023-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

569 
WHUS42 KMFL 260755
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
355 AM EDT Sat Aug 26 2023

FLZ168-261600-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0029.230826T0755Z-230827T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
355 AM EDT Sat Aug 26 2023

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
705 
WHUS42 KMFL 261516
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1116 AM EDT Sat Aug 26 2023

FLZ168-270000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-230827T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
1116 AM EDT Sat Aug 26 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* 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.

&&

$$
051 
WHUS42 KMFL 262351
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
751 PM EDT Sat Aug 26 2023

FLZ168-270100-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-230827T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
751 PM EDT Sat Aug 26 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...


$$

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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.