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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 9, 2026, 3:54 AM EDT for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2026, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 2296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
343 WHUS42 KMFL 090754 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 354 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026 FLZ168-172-100000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0027.260809T0754Z-260810T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- 354 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$ RAG
1 follow-up statement
876 WHUS42 KMFL 092359 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 759 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026 FLZ168-172-100100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-260810T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- 759 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A moderate risk of rip currents will remain in place for the rest of tonight across the Atlantic Coast beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:15 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 17 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 23 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.