Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2023

Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL

January 21, 2023Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2023-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

&&

$$

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2023Every rip current statement in 2023

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.