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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 27, 2013, 8:45 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2013, 8:45 AM EST (13:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2013, 3:59 AM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
020 WHUS42 KMFL 271345 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 845 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 FLZ069-272200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0032.131127T1345Z-131128T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 845 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ KONARIK
2 follow-up statements
321 WHUS42 KMFL 280429 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1129 PM EST WED NOV 27 2013 FLZ069-281200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-131128T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 1129 PM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
451 WHUS42 KMFL 280859 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 359 AM EST THU NOV 28 2013 FLZ069-281000- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-131128T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 359 AM EST THU NOV 28 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES. WINDS HAVE TURNED NORTHERLY AND WILL BECOME NORTHEASTERLY WITH SURF CONTINUING TO SUBSIDE AT THE BEACHES. THIS WILL LESSEN THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES TODAY. HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. $$ GREGORIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 7:47 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 88 min | |
| Nov 26, 11:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 30 min |
| Nov 27, 12:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 28 min |
| Nov 27, 12:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 32 min |
| Nov 27, 12:18 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Nov 27, 12:45 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Nov 27, 1:53 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 97 min |
Nearby
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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.