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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 15, 2025, 2:08 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 15, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2025, 2:08 AM EDT (06:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 06:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
874 WHUS42 KMFL 150608 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 208 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 FLZ168-172-173-160000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0016.250315T1200Z-250317T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 208 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
706 WHUS42 KMFL 160007 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 807 PM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 FLZ168-172-173-170000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-250317T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 807 PM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Baxter
935 WHUS42 KMFL 160601 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 201 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 FLZ168-172-173-170000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-250317T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 201 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 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. && $$
765 WHUS42 KMFL 162002 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 402 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 FLZ069-170415- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0017.250317T0000Z-250318T1600Z/ Coastal Collier County- 402 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-172-173-170000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-250317T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 402 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 4 days |
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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.