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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 5, 2026, 4:43 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 6, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2026, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 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 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Key West, FL (KNQX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 2200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
071 WHUS42 KMFL 052043 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 443 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026 FLZ168-172-173-060900- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0026.260806T1200Z-260808T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 443 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
994 WHUS42 KMFL 060701 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 301 AM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026 FLZ168-172-173-071000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.260806T1200Z-260808T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 301 AM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
432 WHUS42 KMFL 070131 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 931 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026 FLZ168-172-173-071000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-260808T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 931 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$
952 WHUS42 KMFL 070757 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 357 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026 FLZ168-172-173-081200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-260808T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 357 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
206 WHUS42 KMFL 080815 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 415 AM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 FLZ173-080915- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-260808T1200Z/ Coastal Miami Dade County- 415 AM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... A moderate risk of rip currents remains today. 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. $$ FLZ168-172-090000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-260809T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- 415 AM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County and Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
151 WHUS42 KMFL 082358 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 758 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 FLZ168-172-090100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-260809T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- 758 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A moderate risk of rip currents will still remain in place for the rest of tonight across the Atlantic Coast beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Aug 5, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 48 min | |
| Aug 5, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 3:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Collier | 113 min |
| Aug 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Aug 5, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 41 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.