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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 26, 2023, 2:18 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 27, 2023, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2023, 2:18 PM EST (19:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2023, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 19:20 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 12:00Z, 7.3 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
131 WHUS42 KMFL 261918 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 218 PM EST Thu Jan 26 2023 FLZ168-172-173-271000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0005.230127T1200Z-230128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 218 PM EST Thu Jan 26 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
923 WHUS42 KMFL 270826 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 326 AM EST Fri Jan 27 2023 FLZ168-172-173-281300- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0005.230127T1200Z-230128T1300Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 326 AM EST Fri Jan 27 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
228 WHUS42 KMFL 280726 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 226 AM EST Sat Jan 28 2023 FLZ168-172-173-291600- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230129T1600Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 226 AM EST Sat Jan 28 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday morning. * 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. && $$
462 WHUS42 KMFL 290305 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1005 PM EST Sat Jan 28 2023 FLZ168-172-173-301300- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230130T1300Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 1005 PM EST Sat Jan 28 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
605 WHUS42 KMFL 291417 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 917 AM EST Sun Jan 29 2023 FLZ168-172-173-300000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230130T1300Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 917 AM EST Sun Jan 29 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
747 WHUS42 KMFL 292354 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 654 PM EST Sun Jan 29 2023 FLZ168-172-173-301200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230130T1300Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 654 PM EST Sun Jan 29 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
343 WHUS42 KMFL 300721 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 221 AM EST Mon Jan 30 2023 FLZ168-172-173-302100- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230130T2100Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 221 AM EST Mon Jan 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * 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 26, 3:14 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 3 days |
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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.