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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 23, 2023, 3:18 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 23, 2023, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2023, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 23, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted.
936 WHUS42 KMFL 232018 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 318 PM EST Mon Jan 23 2023 FLZ168-172-173-242030- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0004.230124T0000Z-230126T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 318 PM EST Mon Jan 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM EST this evening through Wednesday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
173 WHUS42 KMFL 250909 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 409 AM EST Wed Jan 25 2023 FLZ168-172-173-260000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-230126T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 409 AM EST Wed Jan 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 3:17 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 40 hr |
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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.