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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 4, 2026, 12:45 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2026, 12:45 AM EDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 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 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 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
- 1060 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted.
129 WHUS42 KMFL 040445 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1245 AM EDT Mon May 4 2026 FLZ168-050000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0022.260504T0445Z-260505T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 1245 AM EDT Mon May 4 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
373 WHUS42 KMFL 042000 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 400 PM EDT Mon May 4 2026 FLZ168-051200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-260506T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 400 PM EDT Mon May 4 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ RAG
082 WHUS42 KMFL 051112 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 712 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026 FLZ168-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-260506T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 712 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 39 min | |
| May 4, 1:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 19 hr | |
| May 4, 1:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 34 min | |
| May 4, 1:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 46 min | |
| May 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Broward | 58 min |
| May 4, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 27 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.