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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Miami, FL

August 19, 2025Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this high surf advisory at Aug 19, 2025, 1:04 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 20, 2025, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2025, 1:04 PM EDT (17:04 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 20, 2025, 3:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 21, 2025, 9:11 PM EDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Aug 18, 6:51 PM EDT, 18 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 6:51 PM EDT, 18 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier23 min
Aug 19, 1:46 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL68 hr
Aug 19, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade18 min
Aug 19, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe42 min
Aug 19, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL53 min
Aug 19, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.