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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2024, 4:03 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 24, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2024, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 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 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 2980 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
165 WHUS42 KMFL 240803 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 403 AM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024 FLZ168-172-173-241800- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0031.240724T1500Z-240725T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 403 AM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through Thursday morning. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
695 WHUS42 KMFL 241727 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 127 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024 FLZ168-172-173-251000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-240726T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 127 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
462 WHUS42 KMFL 250626 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 226 AM EDT Thu Jul 25 2024 FLZ168-172-173-260000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-240726T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 226 AM EDT Thu Jul 25 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 this 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. && $$
999 WHUS42 KMFL 252357 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 757 PM EDT Thu Jul 25 2024 FLZ168-172-173-260100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-240726T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 757 PM EDT Thu Jul 25 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A moderate risk of rip currents will remain across the Atlantic Coast beaches through the rest of tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 9:07 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 32 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.