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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 26, 2024, 1:35 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2024, 1:35 AM EST (06:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 41 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 06:38 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 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
670 WHUS42 KMFL 260635 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 135 AM EST Fri Jan 26 2024 FLZ168-172-173-262100- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0007.240126T0635Z-240128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 135 AM EST Fri Jan 26 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
706 WHUS42 KMFL 261821 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 121 PM EST Fri Jan 26 2024 FLZ168-172-173-280000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 121 PM EST Fri Jan 26 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
122 WHUS42 KMFL 262335 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 635 PM EST Fri Jan 26 2024 FLZ168-172-173-271000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 635 PM EST Fri Jan 26 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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. && $$
419 WHUS42 KMFL 270907 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 407 AM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 FLZ168-172-173-271800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 407 AM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
280 WHUS42 KMFL 271323 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 823 AM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 FLZ168-172-173-280000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 823 AM EST Sat Jan 27 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. && $$
846 WHUS42 KMFL 272005 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 305 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 FLZ069-280000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0008.240128T1800Z-240129T1800Z/ Coastal Collier County- 305 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-172-173-280000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 305 PM EST Sat Jan 27 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. && $$
307 WHUS42 KMFL 272359 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 659 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 FLZ168-172-173-280100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 659 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. $$ FLZ069-280800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0008.240128T1800Z-240129T1800Z/ Coastal Collier County- 659 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday afternoon. * 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.