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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 10, 2026, 1:33 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 11, 2026, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2026, 1:33 PM EST (18:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2026, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 45 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 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KNQX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
127 WHUS42 KMFL 101833 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 133 PM EST Sat Jan 10 2026 FLZ168-172-173-110600- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0001.260112T0300Z-260114T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 133 PM EST Sat Jan 10 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From Sunday evening through Tuesday 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
713 WHUS42 KMFL 110539 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1239 AM EST Sun Jan 11 2026 FLZ168-172-173-111900- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.260112T0300Z-260114T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 1239 AM EST Sun Jan 11 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From this evening through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
817 WHUS42 KMFL 111828 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 128 PM EST Sun Jan 11 2026 FLZ168-172-173-120730- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.260112T0300Z-260114T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 128 PM EST Sun Jan 11 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 10 PM EST this evening through Tuesday 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. && $$
146 WHUS42 KMFL 120521 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1221 AM EST Mon Jan 12 2026 FLZ168-172-173-122000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260114T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 1221 AM EST Mon Jan 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
534 WHUS42 KMFL 121904 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 204 PM EST Mon Jan 12 2026 FLZ168-172-173-130800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260114T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 204 PM EST Mon Jan 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$
466 WHUS42 KMFL 130700 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 200 AM EST Tue Jan 13 2026 FLZ168-172-173-131500- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260114T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 200 AM EST Tue Jan 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
298 WHUS42 KMFL 131149 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 649 AM EST Tue Jan 13 2026 FLZ168-172-173-140000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260114T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 649 AM EST Tue Jan 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$
919 WHUS42 KMFL 132354 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 654 PM EST Tue Jan 13 2026 FLZ168-172-173-140100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260114T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 654 PM EST Tue Jan 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... . $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:33 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 64 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.