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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Miami, FL

February 27, 2024Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 27, 2024, 1:08 AM EST for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 27, 2024, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2024, 1:08 AM EST (06:08 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 28, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
In force
30 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 06:08 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, 6.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

816 
WHUS42 KMFL 270608
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
108 AM EST Tue Feb 27 2024

FLZ168-172-272000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0014.240227T1800Z-240229T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
108 AM EST Tue Feb 27 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward County.

* WHEN...From 1 PM EST this afternoon 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
828 
WHUS42 KMFL 272029
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
329 PM EST Tue Feb 27 2024

FLZ168-172-281200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-240229T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
329 PM EST Tue Feb 27 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward County.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
512 
WHUS42 KMFL 280606
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
106 AM EST Wed Feb 28 2024

FLZ168-172-290000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-240229T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
106 AM EST Wed Feb 28 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward County.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
589 
WHUS42 KMFL 282336
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
636 PM EST Wed Feb 28 2024

FLZ168-172-290045-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-240229T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
636 PM EST Wed Feb 28 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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.

$$

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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.