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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 17, 2024, 2:42 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 17, 2024, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2024, 2:42 AM EST (07:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2024, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 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 07:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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
- 529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
152 WHUS42 KMFL 170742 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 242 AM EST Wed Jan 17 2024 FLZ168-172-173-172200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0005.240117T1200Z-240119T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 242 AM EST Wed Jan 17 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Thursday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
409 WHUS42 KMFL 172215 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 515 PM EST Wed Jan 17 2024 FLZ168-172-173-180615- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240119T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 515 PM EST Wed Jan 17 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
912 WHUS42 KMFL 180504 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1204 AM EST Thu Jan 18 2024 FLZ168-172-173-181315- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240119T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 1204 AM EST Thu Jan 18 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. && $$
254 WHUS42 KMFL 180742 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 242 AM EST Thu Jan 18 2024 FLZ168-172-173-182200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240119T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 242 AM EST Thu Jan 18 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
366 WHUS42 KMFL 182211 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 511 PM EST Thu Jan 18 2024 FLZ168-172-173-190000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240119T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 511 PM EST Thu Jan 18 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 7:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 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.