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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 23, 2025, 7:04 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 72 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2025, 7:04 PM EST (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2025, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 72 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
355 WHUS42 KMFL 240004 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 704 PM EST Thu Jan 23 2025 FLZ168-240815- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250124T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0006.250124T0004Z-250125T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 704 PM EST Thu Jan 23 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...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. && $$ FLZ172-173-240115- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250124T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 704 PM EST Thu Jan 23 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... . $$
9 follow-up statements
622 WHUS42 KMFL 240632 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 132 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 FLZ172-173-241445- /O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0006.250125T0000Z-250126T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 132 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From this evening through Saturday 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. && $$ FLZ168-241445- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250126T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 132 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
617 WHUS42 KMFL 241117 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 617 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 FLZ172-173-242000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.250125T0000Z-250126T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 617 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From this evening through Saturday 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. && $$ FLZ168-242000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250126T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 617 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
217 WHUS42 KMFL 241441 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 941 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 FLZ172-173-250000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.250125T0000Z-250126T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 941 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 7 PM EST this evening through Saturday 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. && $$ FLZ168-250000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250126T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 941 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
590 WHUS42 KMFL 242359 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 659 PM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 FLZ172-173-251200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.250125T0000Z-250126T0000Z/ Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County- 659 PM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$ FLZ168-251200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250126T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 659 PM EST Fri Jan 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
870 WHUS42 KMFL 250613 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 113 AM EST Sat Jan 25 2025 FLZ168-172-173-260000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250126T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 113 AM EST Sat Jan 25 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade 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. && $$
602 WHUS42 KMFL 251552 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1052 AM EST Sat Jan 25 2025 FLZ168-172-173-260900- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250127T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 1052 AM EST Sat Jan 25 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
528 WHUS42 KMFL 260559 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1259 AM EST Sun Jan 26 2025 FLZ168-172-173-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250127T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 1259 AM EST Sun Jan 26 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
968 WHUS42 KMFL 261429 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 929 AM EST Sun Jan 26 2025 FLZ168-172-173-270000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250127T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 929 AM EST Sun Jan 26 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
123 WHUS42 KMFL 262347 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 647 PM EST Sun Jan 26 2025 FLZ168-172-173-270100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250127T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 647 PM EST Sun Jan 26 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... The northeasterly swell responsible for the high potential for rip currents has subsided, thus the Rip Current Statement will be allowed to expired at 7PM tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 1:31 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 18 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.