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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 13, 2026, 1:33 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 13, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2026, 1:33 AM EDT (05:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 05:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
913 WHUS42 KMFL 130533 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 133 AM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 FLZ168-140600- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0015.260313T1500Z-260314T0600Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 133 AM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
761 WHUS42 KMFL 131744 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 144 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 FLZ168-140600- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260314T0600Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 144 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 20 hr | |
| Mar 13, 9:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 118 min |
| Mar 13, 10:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 115 min |
| Mar 13, 11:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 105 min |
| Mar 13, 11:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 94 min |
| Mar 13, 12:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 39 min | |
| Mar 13, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| Mar 13, 1:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 118 min |
| Mar 13, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Mar 13, 2:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 113 min |
| Mar 13, 2:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 114 min |
| Mar 13, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Mar 13, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 28 min |
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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.