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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 21, 2012, 5:26 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2012, 5:26 AM EST (10:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
638 WHUS42 KMFL 211026 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 526 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 FLZ069-220000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0039.121221T1026Z-121222T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 526 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG ONSHORE WIND AND BUILDING SURF ALONG THE BEACHES OF COLLIER COUNTY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
1 follow-up statement
348 WHUS42 KMFL 212358 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 658 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 FLZ069-220100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 658 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... WINDS ACROSS THE GULF MARINE AREAS ARE TURNING MORE NORTHERLY AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE NORTHEASTERLY AND OFFSHORE BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AS A RESULT...SEAS ACROSS THE NEARSHORE ZONES WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. THEREFORE THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 4:30 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 28 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:52 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 11 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:31 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 23 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:31 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 17 hr |
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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.