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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 21, 2023, 8:08 PM EST for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 22, 2023, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2023, 8:08 PM EST (01:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2023, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 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 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
468 WHUS42 KMFL 220108 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 808 PM EST Sat Jan 21 2023 FLZ168-172-230000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0003.230122T1500Z-230123T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward- 808 PM EST Sat Jan 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach and Broward counties. * WHEN...Sunday morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
232 WHUS42 KMFL 220826 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 326 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023 FLZ168-172-222100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.230122T1500Z-230123T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward- 326 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach and Broward counties. * WHEN...Sunday morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
958 WHUS42 KMFL 221459 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 959 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023 FLZ168-172-230000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.230122T1500Z-230123T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward- 959 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Broward Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST 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. && $$
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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.