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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Miami, FL

November 26, 2023Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 26, 2023, 2:49 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 26, 2023, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2023, 2:49 AM EST (07:49 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2023, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 26, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
In force
9 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 07:51 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, 7.8 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 2023-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 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 2023-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

550 
WHUS42 KMFL 260749
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
249 AM EST Sun Nov 26 2023

FLZ168-270000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0039.231126T1500Z-231127T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0016.000000T0000Z-231127T1500Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
249 AM EST Sun Nov 26 2023

...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal
  flooding during periods of high tide. For the High Rip Current 
  Risk, dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Statement, through Monday 
  morning. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 10 AM EST this 
  morning through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip 
  currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into 
  deeper water.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

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.

&&

$$

FLZ172-173-270000-
/O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0016.000000T0000Z-231127T1500Z/
Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County-
249 AM EST Sun Nov 26 2023

...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding during periods of high
  tide.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County.

* WHEN...Through Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&

$$

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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.