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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Miami, FL

May 31, 2024Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 31, 2024, 1:01 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at May 31, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2024, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
In effect from
May 31, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 2, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
48 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 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 5.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 994 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

673 
WHUS42 KMFL 311701
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
101 PM EDT Fri May 31 2024

FLZ168-172-173-030000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0028.240601T0000Z-240603T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
101 PM EDT Fri May 31 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
556 
WHUS42 KMFL 312312
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
712 PM EDT Fri May 31 2024

FLZ168-172-173-011200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.240601T0000Z-240603T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
712 PM EDT Fri May 31 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, 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.

&&

$$
374 
WHUS42 KMFL 010531
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
131 AM EDT Sat Jun 1 2024

FLZ168-172-173-012000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-240603T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
131 AM EDT Sat Jun 1 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, 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.

&&

$$
492 
WHUS42 KMFL 012001
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
401 PM EDT Sat Jun 1 2024

FLZ168-172-173-021200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-240603T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
401 PM EDT Sat Jun 1 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, 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.

&&

$$
670 
WHUS42 KMFL 020605
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
205 AM EDT Sun Jun 2 2024

FLZ168-172-173-030000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-240603T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
205 AM EDT Sun Jun 2 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 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 2:16 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL47 hr
May 31, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
May 31, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier50 min
May 31, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier30 min
May 31, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL43 min
May 31, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLCollier32 min
May 31, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL44 min
May 31, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier117 min
May 31, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL51 min
May 31, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL16 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.