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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 13, 2024, 2:57 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 65 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2024, 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 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 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
894 WHUS42 KMFL 130657 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 257 AM EDT Wed Mar 13 2024 FLZ168-172-173-132100- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0018.240313T0700Z-240315T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 257 AM EDT Wed Mar 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
998 WHUS42 KMFL 131837 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 237 PM EDT Wed Mar 13 2024 FLZ168-172-173-150000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-240315T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 237 PM EDT Wed Mar 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
575 WHUS42 KMFL 132359 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 759 PM EDT Wed Mar 13 2024 FLZ168-172-173-140800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-240315T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 759 PM EDT Wed Mar 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
838 WHUS42 KMFL 140803 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 403 AM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 FLZ168-172-173-142000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-240316T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 403 AM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
032 WHUS42 KMFL 141956 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 356 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 FLZ168-172-173-152000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-240316T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 356 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * 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. && $$
932 WHUS42 KMFL 151946 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 346 PM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024 FLZ168-172-173-160000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-240316T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 346 PM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
227 WHUS42 KMFL 152355 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 755 PM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024 FLZ168-172-173-160100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-240316T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 755 PM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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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.