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Rip Current Statement 44, NWS Miami, FL

December 30, 2025Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 30, 2025, 12:15 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 30, 2025, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2025, 12:15 AM EST (05:15 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 30, 2025, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 31, 2025, 7:00 PM EST
In force
36 hr
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 05:20 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, 5.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-12-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2025-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

355 
WHUS42 KMFL 300515
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1215 AM EST Tue Dec 30 2025

FLZ168-302000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0044.251230T1200Z-260101T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
1215 AM EST Tue Dec 30 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
540 
WHUS42 KMFL 301837
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
137 PM EST Tue Dec 30 2025

FLZ168-310800-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-260101T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
137 PM EST Tue Dec 30 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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.

&&

$$
412 
WHUS42 KMFL 310553
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1253 AM EST Wed Dec 31 2025

FLZ168-010000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-260101T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
1253 AM EST Wed Dec 31 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 12:13 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryMFLCollier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach33 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.