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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 16, 2023, 6:32 PM EST for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 16, 2023, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2023, 6:32 PM EST (23:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2023, 5:50 PM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
411 WHUS42 KMFL 162332 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 632 PM EST Thu Feb 16 2023 FLZ168-172-170900- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-230217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0009.230217T0000Z-230218T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward- 632 PM EST Thu Feb 16 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Broward Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$ FLZ173-170045- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-230217T0000Z/ Coastal Miami-Dade- 632 PM EST Thu Feb 16 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The rip current risk has lessened for Miami-Dade County. $$
2 follow-up statements
967 WHUS42 KMFL 170718 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 218 AM EST Fri Feb 17 2023 FLZ168-172-180000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230218T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward- 218 AM EST Fri Feb 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Broward 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. && $$
543 WHUS42 KMFL 172250 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 550 PM EST Fri Feb 17 2023 FLZ168-172-180000- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230218T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward- 550 PM EST Fri Feb 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The rip current risk has lessened, but there will still be a moderate risk will along Palm Beach and Broward Counties through the evening. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 4:52 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 14 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.