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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 28, 2026, 2:19 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 28, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2026, 2:19 AM EDT (06:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 days
- 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 06:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
452 WHUS42 KMFL 280619 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 219 AM EDT Tue Apr 28 2026 FLZ168-282100- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0021.260428T1200Z-260501T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 219 AM EDT Tue Apr 28 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Thursday 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
031 WHUS42 KMFL 281944 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 344 PM EDT Tue Apr 28 2026 FLZ168-291200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260501T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 344 PM EDT Tue Apr 28 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
755 WHUS42 KMFL 290619 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 219 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026 FLZ168-292100- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260502T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 219 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$
597 WHUS42 KMFL 292112 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 512 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026 FLZ168-300900- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260502T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 512 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
637 WHUS42 KMFL 300513 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 113 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026 FLZ168-010000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260502T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 113 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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. && $$
059 WHUS42 KMFL 302022 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 422 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026 FLZ168-010800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260502T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 422 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
382 WHUS42 KMFL 010802 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 402 AM EDT Fri May 1 2026 FLZ168-020000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260503T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 402 AM EDT Fri May 1 2026 ...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. && $$
213 WHUS42 KMFL 012302 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 702 PM EDT Fri May 1 2026 FLZ168-021000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260503T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 702 PM EDT Fri May 1 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
213 WHUS42 KMFL 020338 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1138 PM EDT Fri May 1 2026 FLZ168-030000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260503T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 1138 PM EDT Fri May 1 2026 ...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. && $$
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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.