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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 13, 2024, 2:05 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at May 13, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2024, 2:05 AM EDT (06:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2024, 2:01 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 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 06:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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
- 1562 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
401 WHUS42 KMFL 130605 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 205 AM EDT Mon May 13 2024 FLZ168-172-173-132000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0027.240513T1200Z-240515T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 205 AM EDT Mon May 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Tuesday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
035 WHUS42 KMFL 131341 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 941 AM EDT Mon May 13 2024 FLZ168-172-173-141100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-240515T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 941 AM EDT Mon May 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Baxter
754 WHUS42 KMFL 140610 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 210 AM EDT Tue May 14 2024 FLZ168-172-173-150000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-240515T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 210 AM EDT Tue May 14 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 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. && $$
996 WHUS42 KMFL 141341 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 941 AM EDT Tue May 14 2024 FLZ168-172-173-150000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-240515T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 941 AM EDT Tue May 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
409 WHUS42 KMFL 141917 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 317 PM EDT Tue May 14 2024 FLZ168-172-173-151000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-240515T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 317 PM EDT Tue May 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
468 WHUS42 KMFL 150601 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 201 AM EDT Wed May 15 2024 FLZ168-172-173-150715- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-240515T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 201 AM EDT Wed May 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Onshore winds have weakened, but there will still be a moderate risk for rip currents today along the Atlantic beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:06 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 56 hr | |
| May 13, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 48 min |
| May 13, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Okeechobee | 27 min |
| May 13, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 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.