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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 30, 2024, 3:50 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2024, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 07:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 1262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
472 WHUS42 KMFL 300750 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 350 AM EDT Fri Aug 30 2024 FLZ168-172-173-301600- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0035.240830T0750Z-240831T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 350 AM EDT Fri Aug 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
005 WHUS42 KMFL 301344 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 944 AM EDT Fri Aug 30 2024 FLZ168-172-173-310000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-240831T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 944 AM EDT Fri Aug 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
348 WHUS42 KMFL 302328 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 728 PM EDT Fri Aug 30 2024 FLZ168-172-173-010000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-240901T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 728 PM EDT Fri Aug 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
475 WHUS42 KMFL 311322 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 922 AM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024 FLZ168-172-173-010000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-240901T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 922 AM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
993 WHUS42 KMFL 312340 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 740 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024 FLZ168-172-173-010045- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-240901T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 740 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 10:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 19 min |
| Aug 30, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 52 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.