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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 20, 2025, 1:05 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 20, 2025, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2025, 1:05 AM EST (06:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 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 06:05 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
- 1118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
973 WHUS42 KMFL 200605 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 105 AM EST Mon Jan 20 2025 FLZ168-172-173-202000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0004.250120T1800Z-250121T1800Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 105 AM EST Mon Jan 20 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 1 PM EST this afternoon through Tuesday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
043 WHUS42 KMFL 201940 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 240 PM EST Mon Jan 20 2025 FLZ168-172-173-211800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250121T1800Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 240 PM EST Mon Jan 20 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 1 PM EST this afternoon through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
687 WHUS42 KMFL 211749 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1249 PM EST Tue Jan 21 2025 FLZ168-172-173-211900- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250121T1800Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 1249 PM EST Tue Jan 21 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... . $$
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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.