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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 18, 2025, 3:05 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 18, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2025, 3:05 AM EDT (07:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 18, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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
- 3286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
855 WHUS42 KMFL 180705 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 305 AM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 FLZ168-172-173-181800- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0026.250718T1000Z-250718T1800Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 305 AM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
859 WHUS42 KMFL 181214 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 814 AM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 FLZ168-172-173-190000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-250719T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 814 AM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
530 WHUS42 KMFL 182340 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 740 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 FLZ168-172-173-190045- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-250719T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 740 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... . $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 3:04 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 15 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.