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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 4, 2024, 2:35 AM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 4, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2024, 2:35 AM EDT (06:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
568 WHUS42 KMFL 040635 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 235 AM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 FLZ168-041900- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0039.241004T1500Z-241005T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 235 AM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 11 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
774 WHUS42 KMFL 041856 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 256 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 FLZ168-050400- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-241005T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 256 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
763 WHUS42 KMFL 050026 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 826 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 FLZ168-050900- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-241006T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 826 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
307 WHUS42 KMFL 050622 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 222 AM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024 FLZ168-060000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-241007T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 222 AM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
568 WHUS42 KMFL 051856 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 256 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024 FLZ168-061000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-241007T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 256 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
596 WHUS42 KMFL 060647 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 247 AM EDT Sun Oct 6 2024 FLZ168-070000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-241008T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 247 AM EDT Sun Oct 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
277 WHUS42 KMFL 062357 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 757 PM EDT Sun Oct 6 2024 FLZ168-080000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-241008T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 757 PM EDT Sun Oct 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
721 WHUS42 KMFL 070651 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 251 AM EDT Mon Oct 7 2024 FLZ172-080000- /O.EXA.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-241008T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County- 251 AM EDT Mon Oct 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-080000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-241008T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 251 AM EDT Mon Oct 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 8:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 114 min |
| Oct 4, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 67 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.