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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 23, 2024, 2:54 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 23, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2024, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 23, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2024, 7:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 06:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
637 WHUS42 KMFL 230654 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 254 AM EDT Fri Aug 23 2024 FLZ168-172-173-232200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0034.240823T1200Z-240824T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 254 AM EDT Fri Aug 23 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Saturday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
659 WHUS42 KMFL 232207 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 607 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2024 FLZ168-172-173-241200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240825T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 607 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Baxter
546 WHUS42 KMFL 240645 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 245 AM EDT Sat Aug 24 2024 FLZ168-172-173-250000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240825T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 245 AM EDT Sat Aug 24 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. && $$
166 WHUS42 KMFL 242354 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 754 PM EDT Sat Aug 24 2024 FLZ168-172-173-250100- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-240825T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 754 PM EDT Sat Aug 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The risk of rip currents will decrease and therefore the Rip Current Statement will be allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Aug 23, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Aug 23, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 34 min | |
| Aug 23, 12:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Aug 23, 12:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 31 min | |
| Aug 23, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 30 min | |
| Aug 23, 1:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 27 min | |
| Aug 23, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 29 min | |
| Aug 23, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Aug 23, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 25 min |
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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.