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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 27, 2023, 4:58 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2023, 4:58 AM EDT (08:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 1437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
707 WHUS42 KMFL 270858 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 458 AM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023 FLZ168-271700- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0030.230827T0858Z-230828T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 458 AM EDT Sun Aug 27 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
819 WHUS42 KMFL 271628 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1228 PM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023 FLZ168-280000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-230828T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 1228 PM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
541 WHUS42 KMFL 280002 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 802 PM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023 FLZ168-280115- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-230828T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 802 PM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The High Rip Risk has diminished temporarily, the risk will increase again Tuesday into mid-week. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 42 min | |
| Aug 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 5:06 PM EDT | Storm Surge Watch | MFL | Collier | 48 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:06 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Collier | 54 hr |
| Aug 27, 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.