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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Miami, FL

February 18, 2025Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 18, 2025, 1:03 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 18, 2025, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2025, 1:03 AM EST (06:03 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2025, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 18, 2025, 7:00 PM EST
In force
12 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 06:03 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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 00:00Z on 2025-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 00:00Z on 2025-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 287 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

421 
WHUS42 KMFL 180603
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
103 AM EST Tue Feb 18 2025

FLZ168-190000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0010.250218T1200Z-250219T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
103 AM EST Tue Feb 18 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
614 
WHUS42 KMFL 181322
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
822 AM EST Tue Feb 18 2025

FLZ168-190000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-250219T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
822 AM EST Tue Feb 18 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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.

&&

$$
411 
WHUS42 KMFL 182028
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
328 PM EST Tue Feb 18 2025

FLZ168-190000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-250219T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
328 PM EST Tue Feb 18 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EST 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.

&&

$$

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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.