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Rip Current Statement 48, NWS Miami, FL

December 7, 2024Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 7, 2024, 2:50 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 7, 2024, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2024, 2:50 AM EST (07:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2024, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 9, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
In force
55 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 07:51 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 2024-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

700 
WHUS42 KMFL 070750
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
250 AM EST Sat Dec 7 2024

FLZ168-172-173-081000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0048.241207T1700Z-241209T0100Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
250 AM EST Sat Dec 7 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and 
  Coastal Miami Dade County.

* WHEN...From noon EST today 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
644 
WHUS42 KMFL 080731
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
231 AM EST Sun Dec 8 2024

FLZ168-172-173-090100-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-241209T0100Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
231 AM EST Sun Dec 8 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.

&&

$$
207 
WHUS42 KMFL 081937
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
237 PM EST Sun Dec 8 2024

FLZ168-172-173-091200-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-241210T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
237 PM EST Sun Dec 8 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and 
  Coastal Miami Dade 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.

&&

$$
474 
WHUS42 KMFL 090717
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
217 AM EST Mon Dec 9 2024

FLZ168-172-173-100000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-241210T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
217 AM EST Mon Dec 9 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.

&&

$$
411 
WHUS42 KMFL 092334
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
634 PM EST Mon Dec 9 2024

FLZ168-172-173-100045-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-241210T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
634 PM EST Mon Dec 9 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

The high risk for rip currents will be allowed to expire, but an 
elevated risk of rip currents will continue for the Atlantic 
beaches through most of the week.


$$

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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.