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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 4, 2024, 3:12 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2024, 3:12 AM EDT (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
602 WHUS42 KMFL 040712 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 312 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024 FLZ172-173-041515- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0025.240504T0712Z-240506T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 312 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$ FLZ168-041515- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240506T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 312 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
3 follow-up statements
851 WHUS42 KMFL 041454 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1054 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024 FLZ168-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240506T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 1054 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-240506T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 1054 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
343 WHUS42 KMFL 050740 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 340 AM EDT Sun May 5 2024 FLZ168-051545- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240506T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 340 AM EDT Sun May 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-051545- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-240506T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 340 AM EDT Sun May 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
904 WHUS42 KMFL 051245 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 845 AM EDT Sun May 5 2024 FLZ168-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240506T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 845 AM EDT Sun May 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$ FLZ172-173-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-240506T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 845 AM EDT Sun May 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 34 min |
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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.