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Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 16, 2023, 5:26 PM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 17, 2023, 4:07 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2023, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 17, 2023, 4:07 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2023, 7:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
143 WHUS42 KMFL 162126 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 526 PM EDT Sat Sep 16 2023 FLZ172-171000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0033.230917T1200Z-230918T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County- 526 PM EDT Sat Sep 16 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday 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. && $$ FLZ168-171000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-230918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 526 PM EDT Sat Sep 16 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
3 follow-up statements
116 WHUS42 KMFL 170807 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 407 AM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 FLZ172-171615- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0033.230917T0807Z-230918T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County- 407 AM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward 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. && $$ FLZ168-171615- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-230918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 407 AM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
578 WHUS42 KMFL 171608 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1208 PM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 FLZ168-180000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-230918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 1208 PM EDT Sun Sep 17 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. && $$ FLZ172-180000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-230918T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County- 1208 PM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
842 WHUS42 KMFL 172324 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 724 PM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 FLZ172-180030- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-230918T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County- 724 PM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ168-181000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-230919T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 724 PM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 8:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 116 min |
| Sep 16, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 1:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 65 min |
| Sep 16, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 36 min |
| Sep 16, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 2:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 97 min |
| Sep 16, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 49 min |
| Sep 16, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 52 min |
| Sep 16, 4:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 112 min |
| Sep 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 39 min |
| Sep 16, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 61 min |
| Sep 16, 4:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 115 min |
| Sep 16, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 62 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.