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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Miami, FL

August 23, 2024Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 585 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 11:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL26 min
Aug 23, 11:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL32 min
Aug 23, 11:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL34 min
Aug 23, 12:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL26 min
Aug 23, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade23 min
Aug 23, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL31 min
Aug 23, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL30 min
Aug 23, 1:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward52 min
Aug 23, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL27 min
Aug 23, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Aug 23, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL26 min
Aug 23, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL25 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.