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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Miami, FL

January 20, 2025Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-01-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.