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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL

January 11, 2024Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 3:12 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL50 hr

Nearby

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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.