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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Miami, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 49 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.