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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 11, 2024, 3:13 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 11, 2024, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2024, 3:13 PM EST (20:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 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 20:15 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, 8.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
939 WHUS42 KMFL 112013 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 313 PM EST Thu Jan 11 2024 FLZ168-172-173-121000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0003.240112T0000Z-240113T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 313 PM EST Thu Jan 11 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 7 PM EST this evening through Friday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
911 WHUS42 KMFL 120608 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 108 AM EST Fri Jan 12 2024 FLZ168-172-173-130000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240113T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 108 AM EST Fri Jan 12 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
485 WHUS42 KMFL 122333 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 633 PM EST Fri Jan 12 2024 FLZ168-172-173-130045- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240113T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 633 PM EST Fri Jan 12 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... The rip current risk will decrease tonight. Therefore, the rip current statement will be allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:12 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 50 hr |
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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.