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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Miami, FL

August 30, 2024Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1262 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 2024-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 10:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward45 min
Aug 30, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade31 min
Aug 30, 11:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade19 min
Aug 30, 11:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade30 min
Aug 30, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry52 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.