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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 14, 2024, 1:10 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 14, 2024, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2024, 1:10 AM EST (06:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2024, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 33 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 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
754 WHUS42 KMFL 140610 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 110 AM EST Sun Jan 14 2024 FLZ168-172-173-142000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0004.240114T1500Z-240115T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 110 AM EST Sun Jan 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 10 AM EST this morning through Monday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
053 WHUS42 KMFL 141718 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1218 PM EST Sun Jan 14 2024 FLZ168-172-173-150130- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-240115T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 1218 PM EST Sun Jan 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
796 WHUS42 KMFL 150102 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 802 PM EST Sun Jan 14 2024 FLZ168-172-173-151200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-240115T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 802 PM EST Sun Jan 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Monday. * 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. && $$
874 WHUS42 KMFL 150603 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 103 AM EST Mon Jan 15 2024 FLZ168-172-173-160000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-240116T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 103 AM EST Mon Jan 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.