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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Miami, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 47 hr | |
| May 31, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 46 min | |
| May 31, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 50 min |
| May 31, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| May 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 43 min | |
| May 31, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 32 min |
| May 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 44 min | |
| May 31, 5:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 117 min |
| May 31, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 51 min | |
| May 31, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 16 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.