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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Miami, FL

April 15, 2024Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 15, 2024, 7:53 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 16, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2024, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 17, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
36 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 23:55 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, 11.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-04-15Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2024-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 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
1084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

984 
WHUS42 KMFL 152353
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
753 PM EDT Mon Apr 15 2024

FLZ168-172-173-161800-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0023.240416T1200Z-240418T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
753 PM EDT Mon Apr 15 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and 
  Coastal Miami Dade County.

* WHEN...From Tuesday morning 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
714 
WHUS42 KMFL 161759
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
159 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

FLZ168-172-173-170900-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-240418T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
159 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and 
  Coastal Miami Dade 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.

&&

$$
747 
WHUS42 KMFL 170506
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
106 AM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

FLZ168-172-173-180000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-240418T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
106 AM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and 
  Coastal Miami Dade 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.

&&

$$
673 
WHUS42 KMFL 172353
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
753 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

FLZ168-172-173-180100-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-240418T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
753 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

The rip current risk has decreased and therefore the statement
will be allowed to expire.

$$

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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.