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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 15, 2025, 1:21 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 15, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2025, 1:21 AM EDT (05:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 15, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 05:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
762 WHUS42 KMFL 150521 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 121 AM EDT Mon Sep 15 2025 FLZ168-160000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0031.250915T1200Z-250916T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 121 AM EDT Mon Sep 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
851 WHUS42 KMFL 152354 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 754 PM EDT Mon Sep 15 2025 FLZ168-161100- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-250918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 754 PM EDT Mon Sep 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
860 WHUS42 KMFL 160517 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 117 AM EDT Tue Sep 16 2025 FLZ168-170000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-250918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 117 AM EDT Tue Sep 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
407 WHUS42 KMFL 162316 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 716 PM EDT Tue Sep 16 2025 FLZ168-171100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-250918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 716 PM EDT Tue Sep 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
360 WHUS42 KMFL 170537 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 137 AM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025 FLZ168-180000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-250919T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 137 AM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
197 WHUS42 KMFL 172319 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 719 PM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025 FLZ168-181100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-250919T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 719 PM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
825 WHUS42 KMFL 180848 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 448 AM EDT Thu Sep 18 2025 FLZ168-181830- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-250919T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 448 AM EDT Thu Sep 18 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...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. && $$
351 WHUS42 KMFL 181649 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1249 PM EDT Thu Sep 18 2025 FLZ168-190000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-250919T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 1249 PM EDT Thu Sep 18 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| Sep 15, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 32 min | |
| Sep 15, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 34 min | |
| Sep 15, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 23 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.