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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Miami, FL

January 3, 2025Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 3, 2025, 1:27 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 4, 2025, 3:27 AM EST. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2025, 1:27 PM EST (18:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 4, 2025, 3:27 AM EST
Expired
Jan 7, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
In force
70 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 18:31 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 12:00Z, 6.5 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 12:00Z on 2025-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2025-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

489 
WHUS42 KMFL 031827
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
127 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2025

FLZ168-040900-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0001.250104T1200Z-250105T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
127 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
497 
WHUS42 KMFL 040827
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
327 AM EST Sat Jan 4 2025

FLZ172-173-050900-
/O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0001.250104T0827Z-250106T0000Z/
Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County-
327 AM EST Sat Jan 4 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$

FLZ168-050900-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0001.250104T0827Z-250106T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
327 AM EST Sat Jan 4 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
444 
WHUS42 KMFL 050813
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
313 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2025

FLZ168-172-173-060000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-250106T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
313 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2025

...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.

&&

$$
686 
WHUS42 KMFL 051934
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
234 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2025

FLZ173-061200-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-250106T1200Z/
Coastal Miami Dade County-
234 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$

FLZ168-172-061200-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-250107T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
234 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward 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.

&&

$$
768 
WHUS42 KMFL 061240
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
740 AM EST Mon Jan 6 2025

FLZ168-172-070600-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-250107T0600Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
740 AM EST Mon Jan 6 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward County.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* 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.

&&

$$
084 
WHUS42 KMFL 061922
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
222 PM EST Mon Jan 6 2025

FLZ168-172-070600-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-250107T0600Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
222 PM EST Mon Jan 6 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward County.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 2:07 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL49 hr

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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.