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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Miami, FL

June 2, 2024Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 2, 2024, 8:52 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2024, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2024, 2:42 PM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 00:00Z on 2024-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 950 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
950 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

216 
WHUS42 KMFL 030052
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
852 PM EDT Sun Jun 2 2024

FLZ168-040000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0029.240603T0052Z-240604T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
852 PM EDT Sun Jun 2 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through Monday 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
742 
WHUS42 KMFL 031842
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
242 PM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024

FLZ168-031945-
/O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-240604T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
242 PM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

The threat of rip currents has decreased along the beaches of Palm
Beach County, due to the decrease in easterly wind flow.
Therefore, the High Risk Of Rip Currents has been cancelled for
the beaches of Palm Beach County.

$$

Baxter

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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.