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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Miami, FL

February 15, 2025Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 15, 2025, 2:29 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2025, 2:29 AM EST (07:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2025, 7:00 PM EST
In force
41 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 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.5 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 2025-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2025-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -118 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

849 
WHUS42 KMFL 150729
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
229 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

FLZ168-172-173-160000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0008.250215T0729Z-250217T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
229 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
078 
WHUS42 KMFL 151402
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
902 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

FLZ168-172-173-161100-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-250217T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
902 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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.

&&

$$

Baxter
398 
WHUS42 KMFL 160603
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
103 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

FLZ168-172-173-170000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-250217T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
103 AM EST Sun Feb 16 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.

&&

$$
928 
WHUS42 KMFL 162333
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
633 PM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

FLZ168-172-173-170045-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-250217T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
633 PM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

The high risk of rip currents across the Atlantic Coast beaches
has subsided, but the risk of rip currents will remain elevated 
through the early portion of the week.

$$

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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.