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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Miami, FL

July 24, 2024Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2980 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2024-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 9:07 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade32 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.