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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2025, 3:14 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 25, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2025, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KNQX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 1644 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358 WHUS42 KMFL 241914 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 314 PM EDT Thu Jul 24 2025 FLZ168-172-173-251000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0027.250725T1200Z-250726T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 314 PM EDT Thu Jul 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
824 WHUS42 KMFL 250722 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 322 AM EDT Fri Jul 25 2025 FLZ168-172-173-260000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0027.250725T1200Z-250726T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 322 AM EDT Fri Jul 25 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
232 WHUS42 KMFL 251534 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1134 AM EDT Fri Jul 25 2025 FLZ168-172-173-260000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-250726T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 1134 AM EDT Fri Jul 25 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...From 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 21 min |
| Jul 24, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 30 min |
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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.