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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 31, 2024, 2:49 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 31, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2024, 2:49 AM EDT (06:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2024, 2:21 AM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
465 WHUS42 KMFL 310649 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 249 AM EDT Sun Mar 31 2024 FLZ168-011200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0021.240331T1200Z-240401T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 249 AM EDT Sun Mar 31 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
953 WHUS42 KMFL 010621 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 221 AM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024 FLZ168-010730- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240401T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 221 AM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... There is no longer a high risk for rip currents at the Palm Beach County beaches. However, conditions will remain elevated for the remainder of the day. Use caution when swimming and swim near a lifeguard. $$
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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.