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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 16, 2026, 3:33 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 16, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2026, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 2645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
424 WHUS42 KMFL 160733 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 333 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 FLZ168-172000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0028.260917T0000Z-260918T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 333 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From this evening 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
112 WHUS42 KMFL 161908 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 308 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 FLZ168-171000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0028.260917T0000Z-260918T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 308 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
417 WHUS42 KMFL 170525 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 125 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026 FLZ168-172000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-260918T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 125 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
657 WHUS42 KMFL 172259 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 659 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026 FLZ168-181200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-260918T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 659 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
103 WHUS42 KMFL 181153 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 753 AM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 FLZ168-181300- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-260918T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 753 AM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A moderate risk of rip currents will remain in place for the rest of today across the Palm Beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 3:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 43 hr | |
| Sep 16, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 25 min | |
| Sep 16, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 14 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.