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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 10, 2025, 8:10 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at May 11, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2025, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 12, 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 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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
- 716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
160 WHUS42 KMFL 110010 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 810 PM EDT Sat May 10 2025 FLZ168-172-173-110815- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0023.250511T1200Z-250513T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 810 PM EDT Sat May 10 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Sunday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
659 WHUS42 KMFL 110613 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 213 AM EDT Sun May 11 2025 FLZ168-172-173-112000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.250511T1200Z-250513T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 213 AM EDT Sun May 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Sunday through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
852 WHUS42 KMFL 111330 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 930 AM EDT Sun May 11 2025 FLZ168-172-173-120000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250513T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 930 AM EDT Sun May 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade 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. && $$
137 WHUS42 KMFL 112317 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 717 PM EDT Sun May 11 2025 FLZ168-172-173-130000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250513T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 717 PM EDT Sun May 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
246 WHUS42 KMFL 121330 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 930 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025 FLZ168-172-173-130000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250513T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 930 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:36 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 36 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.